title: Issues with installing node / running npm install
body: <p>I am not very skilled in Linux so bear with me...</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to install Node.js using these instructions:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo apt-get update
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install nodejs=0.10.18-1chl1~precise1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>that are found here: <a href="https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager</a></p>
  
  <p>I ran these commands and after the last command I received this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
  requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
  distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
  or been moved out of Incoming.
  The following information may help resolve the situation:
  
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  nodejs : Conflicts: npm
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I next tried running the command sudo apt-get install nodejs which gave me no errors.</p>
  
  <p>However, when I run "npm install" it fails presenting this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
  npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/home/sarah/package.json'
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
  npm ERR!     &lt;http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues&gt;
  npm ERR! or email it to:
  npm ERR!     &lt;npm-@googlegroups.com&gt;
  
  npm ERR! System Linux 3.8.0-30-generic
  npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
  npm ERR! cwd /home/sarah
  npm ERR! node -v v0.11.8-pre
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
  npm ERR! path /home/sarah/package.json
  npm ERR! code ENOENT
  npm ERR! errno -2
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /home/sarah/npm-debug.log
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me figure out what is going wrong?
  Thanks in advance</p>