Emberjs on Debian

First, install nodejs and npm from repository.
Then:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node nodejs /usr/bin/nodejs 100
mkdir -p ~/.new-dir
npm config set prefix /path/to/.new-dir
npm install -g ember-cli
PATH="$PATH:/path/to/.new-dir/bin"

Export PATH variable in your bashrc to avoid retyping.
Test with:

ember -v