Node.js

Node.js is the open-source JavaScript runtime environment based on Chrome V8 engine and that can execute JavaScript code outside a web browser.

References

• https://nodejs.org/en/ — Node.js home (show current LTS version, and latest version).
• NVM — Node Version Manager, which allows to manage multiple released Node.js versions (to use version from source, see here).

Install

Install using distribution packages

The simplest is to install from apt:

sudo apt install nodejs npm

To install the latest version using apt, install Node.js repositories (nodesource, [

# Add repository -- adapt version as necessary:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
# ...
# ## Run `sudo apt-get install -y nodejs` to install Node.js 16.x and npm
# ## You may also need development tools to build native addons:
#      sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make
# ## To install the Yarn package manager, run:
#      curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg >/dev/null
#      echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yarnkey.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
#      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn

# Install
sudo apt install nodejs

Install using NVM

See instruction on github.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.0/install.sh | bash

Example of use

nvm use 16
# Now using node v16.9.1 (npm v7.21.1)
node -v
# v16.9.1
nvm use 14
# Now using node v14.18.0 (npm v6.14.15)
node -v
# v14.18.0
nvm install 12
# Now using node v12.22.6 (npm v6.14.5)
node -v
# v12.22.6

Installing packages with NPM

See NPM.