Install node-js, npm and yarn on Ubuntu/Mac using nvm

install-node-js.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Install node and npm via nvm - https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

# Run this script like - bash script-name.sh

# Define versions
INSTALL_NODE_VER=20
INSTALL_NVM_VER=0.39.7

# You can pass argument to this script like --version 8
if [ "$1" = '--version' ]; then
	echo "==> Using specified node version - $2"
	INSTALL_NODE_VER=$2
fi

echo "==> Make sure bash profile exists and writable"
touch ~/.zshrc 
touch ~/.bashrc

echo "==> Installing node version manager version $INSTALL_NVM_VER"
# Removed if already installed
rm -rf ~/.nvm
# Unset exported variable
export NVM_DIR=

# Install nvm 
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v$INSTALL_NVM_VER/install.sh | bash
# Make nvm command available to terminal
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

echo "==> Installing node js version $INSTALL_NODE_VER"
nvm install $INSTALL_NODE_VER

echo "==> Make this version system default"
nvm alias default $INSTALL_NODE_VER
nvm use default

#echo -e "==> Update npm to latest version, if this stuck then terminate (CTRL+C) the execution"
#npm install -g npm

echo "==> Installing Yarn package manager"
rm -rf ~/.yarn
curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash
# Yarn configurations
export PATH="$HOME/.yarn/bin:$PATH"
yarn config set prefix ~/.yarn -g

echo "==> Installing pnpm package manager"
npm install -g pnpm

# npm configs
npm config set update-notifier false

echo "==> Checking for versions"
nvm --version
node --version
npm --version
yarn --version
pnpm --version

echo "==> Print binary paths"
which npm
which node
which yarn
which pnpm

echo "==> List installed node versions"
nvm ls

nvm cache clear
echo "==> Please Logout and Login back to take changes effect"

echo "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm"

# Tested on Ubuntu, MacOS, WSL 

read-more.md

How to update nvm itself ?

cd ~/.nvm
./install.sh

Wants to try something else ?

• fast node manager
• nvm-windows
• nodist
• n Yet another node version manager
• nodesource

💡 Quick install - Run this script in terminal

curl -o- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ankurk91/8f107ef490f40f74a1cf/raw/install-node-js.sh | bash

# specify your node version, for example 
curl -o- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ankurk91/8f107ef490f40f74a1cf/raw/install-node-js.sh | bash -s -- --version 14 

Reserved commit

curl -o- https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ankurk91/8f107ef490f40f74a1cf/raw/install-node-js.sh | bash

Just tested this works on WSL 2 Ubuntu Image.