Unfortunately, the video on the Intel site fails, see Edison Node Install Fail

See https://communities.intel.com/thread/77894

Below are instructions for how to install Node on the Signpost image:

Get the x86 (32-bit) version

wget --no-check-certificate https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.9.5/node-v6.9.5-linux-x86.tar.gz

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1. If you get a certificate error about the time, the set the time to within the boundaries of the certificate: date 0216183617
Untar

tar -zxf node-v6.9.5-linux-x86.tar.gz

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Run it:

root@edison:~# ./node-v6.9.5-linux-x86/bin/node --version
v6.9.5

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Install it:

mv node-v6.9.5-linux-x86 /usr/local
cd /usr/local
ln -s node-v6.9.5-linux-x86 node
cd bin
ln -s ../node/bin/* .

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npm fails with cert problem.

### accessorInvokeSSH: Ignore messages like: 'npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open cg/RampJSTestDisplay/package.json'
npm ERR! Linux 3.10.17-yocto-standard
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/node-v6.9.5-linux-x86/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "@terraswarm/accessors" "forever"
npm ERR! node v6.9.5
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
npm ERR! code CERT_NOT_YET_VALID

npm ERR! certificate is not yet valid
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/sbuser/cg/npm-debug.log

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Solution: set the date to within

  date 0216183617

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