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
| # Put this into your $HOME/.zshrc to call nvm use automatically whenever you enter a directory that contains an .nvmrc file with a string telling nvm which node to use: | |
| # place this after nvm initialization! | |
| autoload -U add-zsh-hook | |
| load-nvmrc() { | |
| if [[ -f .nvmrc && -r .nvmrc ]]; then | |
| nvm use | |
| elif [[ $(nvm version) != $(nvm version default) ]]; then | |
| echo "Reverting to nvm default version" | |
| nvm use default | |
| fi |