title: Installing a tar.gz on Linux
body: <p>I have downloaded Node.js from <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/" rel="noreferrer">this link</a>, which points to this link when clicking the button:</p>
  <p><a href="https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.1.2/node-v4.1.2-linux-x64.tar.gz" rel="noreferrer">https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.1.2/node-v4.1.2-linux-x64.tar.gz</a></p>
  <p>As advice from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29" rel="noreferrer">Ubuntu</a> community on installing the tar.gz, the following steps are followed.</p>
  <pre><code>$ ./configure
  $ make
  $ [sudo] make install
  </code></pre>
  <p>The problem is the current file I have downloaded does not contain <code>./configure</code>.</p>
  <p>So how do I install this? Should I extract this to the <code>usr/</code> folder?</p>
  <p>My OS is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history#Debian_8_(Jessie)" rel="noreferrer">Debian 8</a> (Jessie).</p>
  <p>Should I include the Java package from Oracle? Is it safe to extract these files to the <code>/usr</code> folder?</p>