Cordova and PhoneGap Quick Start on Linux Mint 17 Qiana
The Tutorial shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Cordova and Adobe PhoneGap Cross-Platform Mobile Development on Linux Mint 17 Qiana Mate/Cinnamon/Kde/Xfce i386/amd64 Desktops.
First, Apache Cordova is an Open-Source Mobile Development Framework that allows you to use Standard Web Technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript for Cross-Platform Development, avoiding each Mobile Platforms Native Development Language.
Then Adobe PhoneGap is an Open-Source Framework for Building Cross-Platform Native Applications using Standard Web Technologies such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and JavaScript.
The Guide Describe a System-Wide Setup, for a Local One you should Simply Adapt the Installation Target.

Download Apache Cordova 4+ Source Release.
Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Unzip Cordova Archive.
cd $HOME/Downloads
unzip ./cordova*.zip
rm ./cordova*.zip
Relocate Apache Cordova.
sudo su -c "chown -R root:root ./cordova*
mv ./cordova* /opt/"
How to Install Cordova Command-Line Interface for Linux.
How to Install Adobe PhoneGap for Mint Linux.