Tested on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, with Node.js 0.10.25, npm 1.3.10 and TypeScript 1.6.2
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s nodejs node
sudo npm install -g typescript
To compile
tsc HelloWorld.js
To compile and generate Source Maps
tsc --sourceMap HelloHorld.js
To generate AMD module
tsc --module "amd" HelloHorld.js