WSL install Node

wsl_install_node.md

The apt-get version of node is incredibly old, and installing a new copy is a bit of a runaround.

So here's how you can use NVM to quickly get a fresh copy of Node on your new Bash on Windows install

$ touch ~/.bashrc
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash
// restart bash
$ nvm install --lts

Once you've done that you'll get a nice:

$ node --version
$ v12.18.3

Thanks! worked for me.

This rules. Thanks.

thanks for this 👍

Awesome, thanks!!

great gist :) 💯

Thankyou :)

After a bunch of failed attempts I ended up here. This approach totally works.

For the latest curl and installation details:
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm