Install Node.js and NPM

install-node-npm.md

How to install Node.js and NPM

Links:

• Node.js homepage
• NPM homepage

Get Node.js and NPM (always installed together):

• Debian / Ubuntu - based on Node docs.
  1. Optional step - set up a target Node version such as v14. If you skip, this you'll get the stable version for your OS, such might be say v12 or v10.

     $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
     $ sudo apt update

  2. Install Node using APT.

     $ sudo apt install nodejs

• Red Hat / Fedora / CentOS
  • See instructions for adding a repository to install from.
• macOS - use a Brew formula.

  $ brew install node

• Windows
  • Download and run the Windows installer from the Node.js Download page.
• Other systems
  • Follow the package manager instructions on the Node.js website.

If you prefer, you can install Node.js by installing and using NVM - see gist.

Check installed versions:

• Node.js

  $ node --version
  v14.2.0

• NPM

  $ npm --version
  6.14.4

Use your package manager to update to newer versions of Node.

If you need to upgrade just NPM, use NPM like this:

$ npm install -g npm

To start using NVM, see this Install Node with NVM gist.