Hubot runs under nodejs, for linux do install: (http://how-to.linuxcareer.com/how-to-install-and-use-hubot-robot-on-ubuntu-machine)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev redis-server libexpat1-dev
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo apt-get install git-core

On older OS'es (on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, newest version is v0.6.x - so compile nodejs Youself:

mkdir source
cd source
git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
git checkout v0.10.25
 
(The message about the “detached HEAD” is ok to ignore. The message is explaining that you have the master pointer pointing to a commit in the middle of the history)

./configure
make && sudo make install

Create the Hubot Dir

mkdir /opt/hubot
cd /opt/hubot

Add the nodejs stuff

npm config set registry http://registry.npmjs.org/
npm install -g coffee-script
npm install --save hubot-hipchat

Configure the Hubot

cd /opt/hubot/bin
vi hubot

The Config - PORT is optional

hubot

#!/bin/sh

npm install

export PATH="node_modules/.bin:node_modules/hubot/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"

# HIPCHAT
export PORT=8070
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_TOKEN="**********************"
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_JID="*****_***@chat.hipchat.com"
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_NAME="Hal 9000"
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_PASSWORD="********"
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_ROOMS="@All"
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_BLACKLIST=""
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_HOST="chat.hipchat.com"
export HUBOT_LOG_LEVEL="debug"
export HUBOT_HIPCHAT_RECONNECT="true"

Replace package.json with the content from https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts/blob/master/package.json

(See the Script Catalog at http://hubot-script-catalog.herokuapp.com/)

All scripts are here - but dont copy them in, most of then nedd extra modules and/or configurations to work

{
  "name": "hubot-scripts",
  "version": "2.5.16",
  "author": "hubot",
  "keywords": [
    "hubot",
    "plugin",
    "scripts",
    "campfire",
    "bot",
    "robot"
  ],
  "description": "Allows you to opt in to a variety of scripts",
  "licenses": [{
    "type": "MIT",
    "url": "https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts/raw/master/LICENSE"
  }],
  "repository" : {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts.git"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "redis": "0.8.4"
  }
}

Run the Bot

cd /opt/hubot
bin/hubot --adapter hipchat

Updating Hubot

cd opt/hal9000
npm install --save hubot-hipchat


npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/hubot-hipchat
npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/hubot-hipchat
npm http GET http://registry.npmjs.org/hubot-hipchat/-/hubot-hipchat-2.7.5.tgz
npm http 200 http://registry.npmjs.org/hubot-hipchat/-/hubot-hipchat-2.7.5.tgz

Hubot sending HTML - https://github.com/github/hubot-scripts/blob/master/src/scripts/hipchat-api.coffee

You can get SSL problems "CERT_UNTRUSTED" with old node versions - see https://github.com/coolaj86/node-ssl-root-cas

A "dirty" hack is to place this in the hubot file:

# SSL Problem
# https://github.com/coolaj86/node-ssl-root-cas
export NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED="0"