I have having a bit of an issue with installing nodejs and npm on my linux server (which is a pi running raspbian). I had everything set up and running using
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
All was fine and dandy, until I found out that apparently these versions are now old. So I removed them
sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm
Then I found the following answer (here) on SO and ran
curl -sL | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Running node -v have me version 0.6.19...which I'm assuming translates to version 6.19 as opposed to version 0. However, running npm -v told me that it was not installed. So I once again purged nodejs, and looked for another solution. At which point I decided to follow the stuff on nodejs's site (here). And I ran the following commands.
curl -sL | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
and
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
2 issues:
1) The version installed was still 0.6.19. I would rather have version 4.x, since that's what I'm running on my dev machine (macOS Sierra).
2) I still don't have npm. Which renders nodejs useless
Any help on either (but preferably 2) would be great. Thanks in advance.
4 Answers
I really recommend you install node and npm using nvm. This is the fastest, cleanest and easiest way to do it.
That way, you install NVM simply doing:
curl -o- | bash
To test that nvm was properly installed, close and re-open Terminal and enter nvm. If you get a nvm: command not found message, your OS may not have the necessary .bash_profile file. In Terminal, enter touch ~/.bash_profile and run the above install script again.
And you are now able to install node typing:
nvm install <version>
For example
nvm install 4.2.1
if you just want to install the latest node version, you can just type
nvm install node
In order to access node and npm as sudo (in order to have <1024 ports) you should run
n=$(which node)
n=${n%/bin/node}
chmod -R 755 $n/bin/*
sudo cp -r $n/{bin,lib,share} /usr/local
I wrote in the terminal the following command lines I hope it is useful for the community.
$ sudo apt install nodejs
$ curl -L | sudo sh
good luck!
Below are the simple steps to proceed with the installation
- Open Terminal
- Run command to install nodejs : sudo apt install nodejs
- Run command to verify installation by checking version: node -v or node –version
- Run command to install npm: sudo apt install npm
- Run command to verify installation of npm: npm -v or npm –version
For reference:
Sometimes, installing a specific version of the node.js from the authorized source does not work properly. It will be better if will be installed after downloading the node package from the link() and following the steps....
- Unzip the compressed package using the following command:
tar --xf node-v16.13.1-linux-x64.tar.xz
- Make a directory inside
/usr/local/:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/nodejs
- Move all unzip files to newly made dir:
sudo mv node-v16.13.1-linux-x64/* /usr/local/nodejs/4. Open.bashrcfile using command prompt:
sudo nano ~/.bashrc
- Add the following command inside the
.bashrcfile at the end and close the file:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/nodejs/bin
- Print the path for justification:
echo $PATH
- Verify the node version:
node --version
