Node, NPM and NVM Setup

What is npm?

npm is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language maintained by npm, Inc. npm is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It consists of a command line client, also called npm, and an online database of public and paid-for private packages, called the npm registry.

Node, NPM and NVM install

1. NPM install

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nodejs

sudo apt-get install npm

nodejs -v

cd ~

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh

nano nodesource_setup.sh

sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh

sudo apt-get install nodejs

nodejs -v

v10.14.0

npm -v

6.4.1

sudo apt install build-essential

2. NVM install

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh

nano install_nvm.sh

bash install_nvm.sh

source ~/.profile

nvm ls-remote

nvm install 13.14.0

nvm use 13.14.0

node -v

Update:

https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - &&\

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs