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'''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For some reason, the versions available in all of the repositories tend to be out of date AND all attempts to update them fail in weird & wonderful ways.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 18.14.2 LTS | Currently, the most up to date version of '''nodejs''' is 18.14.2 LTS | ||
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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For some reason, the versions available in all of the repositories tend to be out of date AND all attempts to update them fail in weird & wonderful ways.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 18.14.2 LTS
(You can verify the current version at the official site)
A WORKING Set of install instructions
(based on this page)
To get current version(s) on a machine WITHOUT nodejs installed yet:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -sudo apt install nodejssudo npm install npm@latest -g
& verify that you have the up-to-date versions:
node -v- You should see: v18.14.2
npm -v- You should see: 9.6.0
If the machine already has an outdated version installed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NOTE: The Ubunto repositories serve up an outdated version of Node.js.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.)