install alongside existing nodejs installation

[wildtron]

is there a way to install io.js without overwriting nodejs?

[rvagg]

Easiest way for now is to download a binary from https://iojs.org/dist/latest/ and do it manually, there are node.exe files for windows in the win-* subdirectories and there's a darwin tarball for os x that you can unpack and put where you want.

The Windows installer should have an option to untick that will prevent it from making a node link so in theory you could do a side-by-side install.

Or of course, compile from source and do what you want with the binary!

[ufef]

You can also use nvmw on Windows and nvm on Linux.