

The following additional packages will be installed: Here's what I get after running GAD3R's commands then running sudo apt install nodejs. How do I upgrade to the latest NodeJS and NPM? My machine is stuck with NodeJS v4.8.2 and NPM v1.4.21. Nodejs is already the newest version (4.8.2~dfsg-1).Ġ upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. curl -sL | sudo -E bash -īut the terminal spit out this message: Reading package lists. I went to the NodeJS website to see how to install NodeJS v9.X on my machine and ran the code provided. It is advised to install build-essential as well as you might need to build native addons, depending on what NPM packages you will need.I run Debian 9.3. Last step is to install the nodejs package: sudo apt-get install -y nodejs Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install yarn # To install the Yarn package manager, run:Įcho "deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt//yarn.list # You may also need development tools to build native addons: When finished, the update should look like this: # Run `sudo apt-get install -y nodejs` to install Node.js 14.x and npm This will populate the apt-get cache, add the NodeSource signing key to your keyring, and add the apt sources list. To install a different version, replace 10.x with your preferred version string: cd ~ Add the NodeSource PPAįrom your home directory, use curl to retrieve the installation script for your preferred Node.js version. I have used as a starting point the DigitalOcean tutorial but they have some steps that I don't find useful and so I am only including the essential steps to quickly get started with Node.js and NPM on Ubuntu 18.04. However I believe the version that comes with apt-get by default is quite old, so I needed to install using another PPA (personal package archive). Having just created a new Ubuntu 18.04 VM in Azure, I wanted to start using Node.js and NPM directly.
