I'm setting up a Vagrant environment for a client with some legacy dependencies that require Node.js v0.4.12. I know I can install it via nvm, but that's provisioning the box with NVM and starting the node app is proving...problematic. In a perfect world, I'd be able to install old versions via apt (apt-get install nodejs=0.4.12), but that doesn't seem to be an option. I can't find a single PPA that retains old versions.
I know I can pull and compile from source (that's where I'll go if I have to), but I'm wondering whether there are any other options I just haven't found. I also need npm.
For whatever it's worth, I ended up installing with nvm. There are still some minor issues to resolve like existing the provision script cleanly, but Node gets installed and started successfully so I guess that's the answer. At least for now.