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<span style="color: rgb(186, 55, 42); font-size: 24pt;">'''NOTE:''' I take '''NO''' responsibility for daily breaking changes in the installation & update procedures from nodesource.com</span> | |||
'''nodejs''' & '''npm''' versions are problematic. | |||
For some reason, the versions available in all of the repositories tend to be out of date AND all attempts to update them fail in weird & wonderful ways. | |||
Currently, the most up to date version of '''nodejs''' is 20.9.0 LTS | |||
(You can verify the current version at [https://nodejs.org/en/ the official site]) | |||
= A WORKING Set of install instructions = | |||
(based on [https://phoenixnap.com/kb/debian-install-nodejs this page]) | |||
You may need to install curl... | |||
* <code>sudo apt install curl</code> | |||
To get current version(s) on a machine WITHOUT nodejs installed yet: | |||
* <code>curl -sL <nowiki>https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x</nowiki> {{!}} sudo -E bash -</code> | |||
** (Yes... Big scary warning...) | |||
* <code>sudo apt install nodejs</code> | |||
* <code>sudo npm install npm@latest -g</code> | |||
& verify that you have the up-to-date versions: | |||
* <code>node -v</code> | |||
** You should see: '''v20.5.1''' | |||
* <code>npm -v</code> | |||
** You should see: '''10.2.3''' | |||
= If the machine already has an outdated version installed = | |||
All instructions for updating seem to fail... | |||
But! | |||
Removing the installed version first is an option: | |||
* <code>sudo apt remove npm</code> | |||
* <code>sudo apt remove nodejs</code> | |||
Then go back & start the above installation. | |||
= The Old Instructions (Left here for reference...) = | |||
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NOTE: I take NO responsibility for daily breaking changes in the installation & update procedures from nodesource.com
nodejs & npm versions are problematic.
For some reason, the versions available in all of the repositories tend to be out of date AND all attempts to update them fail in weird & wonderful ways.
Currently, the most up to date version of nodejs is 20.9.0 LTS
(You can verify the current version at the official site)
A WORKING Set of install instructions
(based on this page)
You may need to install curl...
sudo apt install curl
To get current version(s) on a machine WITHOUT nodejs installed yet:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -- (Yes... Big scary warning...)
sudo apt install nodejssudo npm install npm@latest -g
& verify that you have the up-to-date versions:
node -v- You should see: v20.5.1
npm -v- You should see: 10.2.3
If the machine already has an outdated version installed
All instructions for updating seem to fail...
But!
Removing the installed version first is an option:
sudo apt remove npmsudo apt remove nodejs
Then go back & start the above installation.
The Old Instructions (Left here for reference...)
NOTE: The Ubunto repositories serve up an outdated version of Node.js. (v10.19.0)
Node-Red 2 requires v12... (and apparently, soon to require newer than that...)
To determine what version you actually have once it's installed:
nodejs -v
Anywho...
sudo apt install nodejs -ysudo apt-get install -y build-essentialsudo apt install npm -y-
sudo npm install npm@latest -g- NO! DO NOT UPDATE NPM!
- (Doesn't actually seem to change anything on Debian... Updates to 8.3.0 on Ubuntu.)