I had the same problem. Eventually, I understood that I didn’t wait enough time. To prove that this is the problem, just run it with the -v switch brew install -v node The make install step takes about 20-25 minutes.
As of February 2018, installing brew on Ubuntu (mine is 17.10) machine is as simple as: sudo apt install linuxbrew-wrapper Then, on first brew execution (just type brew –help) you will be asked for two installation options: me@computer:~/$ brew –help ==> Select the Linuxbrew installation directory – Enter your password to install to /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew (recommended) … Read more