Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Raspbian.
This repo requires node.js and the node.js package manager be installed (npm), as well as linux bluetooth sources.
sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez-utils libbluetooth-dev
sudo apt-get install node npm
You'll want to be sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm.
node -v // 0.12.7 at the time of this writing
npm -v // 2.11.3
This isn't as easy, as node.js is very outdated in Raspbian's repositories. It is recommended to download the source and build it. It will take a couple of hours to compile from source on the Raspberry Pi.
tar -xzf node-v0.12.7.tar.gz
cd node-v0.12.7
./configure
make
sudo make install
npm install noble minimist prompt progress
-h will display a help message
-y is optional and will skip prompting user to start programming
-b XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX allows providing a BLE address. If not provided, the utility will perform a scan and allow the user to pick from a list of discovered devices.
-f <filename> provides the firmware file location
Users must provide their own firmware. Versions of the SensorTag firmware are available from TI's website.