Next, install xz-utils used to extract the binary package: sudo apt-get install xz-utilsĤ. You can either download the package from your browser or find the version number you need and add it to the wget command: wget ģ. If anyone gets file error 2502/2503 like myself during install, run For more information on installing Node.js on a variety of less-common operating systems, see this page (there's even Node for Android!).For Docker users, here's the official Node.js image.Keep an eye on NodeJS blog - Vulnerabilities so you don't miss important security releases. For more details, see the docs for install command.If you prefer CLI, to update NPM use npm install -g npm and then npm install -g node. To check your NPM version use npm version or node -version. NodeJS installation includes NPM (Node package manager). It's the easiest and least frustrating solution. Since 2020 it's the recommended way to update NodeJS.
It will take care of everything and with a few clicks of 'Next' you'll get the latest Node.js version running on your machine. Just go to the official Node.js site ( ), download and execute the installer program. Install latest stable Node.js version sudo n stableĪlternatively pick a specific version and install like this: sudo n 0.8.20įor production environments you might want to pay attention to version numbering and be picky about odd/even numbers. Install a little helper called 'n' sudo npm install -g n Walsh himself recommended to update Node.js just using nvm instead.Ĭlear NPM's cache: sudo npm cache clean -f In 2013 I used the following instructions to upgrade from Node.js version 0.10.6 to 0.10.21 on a Mac, for more recent instructions see above. So if you would need to use an older version like v4.2.0 you would set it as the active version like this: nvm use 4.2
You are then free to choose between installed versions of Node.js. List all versions of Node.js available for installation: nvm ls-remoteĪpparently for Windows the command would be rather like this: nvm ls availableĪssuming you would pick Node.js v8.1.0 for installation you'd type the following to install that version: nvm install 8.1.0 To upgrade Node you may first want to see which version of Node.js you are currently using: node -versionįind out which versions of Node.js you may have installed and which one of those you're currently using: nvm ls
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