Install Node JS LTS/Latest via a simple shell script.

install-nodejs.md

About this gist

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a work in progress.

Only for Linux. Mainly Debian-based distros. I'm sorry. I will add support for RPM and DNF-based distros soon. Open issues here

install-nodejs.sh

#!/bin/bash
echo "What version of Node JS do you want? The LTS or the latest release?"
echo "Respond with LTS or latest(case sensitive)"
read versionofnode
if [ "$versionofnode" = "LTS" ]; then
  sudo apt-get install curl software-properties-common
  curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
  sudo apt install nodejs
  node -v && npm -v
fi
if [ "$versionofnode" = "latest" ]; then
  sudo apt-get install curl software-properties-common
  curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo bash -
  sudo apt install nodejs
  node -v && npm -v
fi
# wip
echo "Node JS is installed. Do you want to test it?"
echo "Respond with yes or no(case sensitive)"
read test
if [ "$test" = "yes" ]; then
  mkdir tmp
  cd tmp
  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/im-coder-lg/special-projects/master/install-nodejs/server-test.js --no-check-certificate
  node server-test.js  
fi

server-test.js

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(3000, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/');

chore:

• Add wget command for test
• Test it on Ubuntu 20.04.2
• Add a much clearer README
• Add this to im-coder-lg/special-projects