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Installing Node.js Ubuntu

Installing and maintaining Node.js on Ubuntu

Notes

I’m currently running Ubuntu 22.04:

$ uname -v
#44~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jun 18 14:36:16 UTC 2

The version of Node.js included with Ubuntu 22.04, version 12.22.9, is an LTS release. It is technically outdated, but should be supported until the release of Ubuntu 24.04.

$ sudo apt install nodejs
$ node -v
v12.22.9

So while that is possible, I’ll remove it to install a later version:

sudo apt remove nodejs

To install node v22, I’m using nvm:

$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
..
$ nvm install 22
..
$ node -v
v22.6.0

Note: this requires a working curl. The version installed with snap is not compatible. So if necessary, replace it with on installed via apt:

sudo snap remove curl
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl

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