Install Node.js on Ubuntu

Question

I\'m trying install Node.js on Ubuntu 12.10, but the terminal shows me an error about lost packages. I tried with this:

sudo apt-get install python-software-         


        

Answer 1

Node.js is available as a snap package in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu. Specific to Node.js, developers can choose from one or more of the currently supported releases and get regular automatic updates directly from NodeSource. Node.js versions 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 are currently available, with the Snap Store being updated within hours or minutes of a Node.js release.

Node can be installed with a single command, for example:

sudo snap install node --classic --channel 11/stable 

The node snap can be accessed by the command node, for example:

$ node -v  
v11.5.0

An up-to-date version of npm will installed as part of the node snap. npm should be run outside of the node repl, in your normal shell. After installing the node snap run the following command to enable npm update checking:

sudo chown -R $USER:$(id -gn $USER) /home/your-username/.config

Replace your-username in the above command with your own username. Then run npm -v to check if the version of npm is up-to-date. As an example I checked that npm was up-to-date, checked the version of an already installed package named yarn with the command npm list yarn and then updated the existing yarn package to the latest version with the command npm update yarn

Users can switch between versions of Node.js at any time without needing to involve additional tools like nvm (Node Version Manager), for example:

sudo snap refresh node --channel=11/stable

Users can test bleeding-edge versions of Node.js that can be installed from the latest edge channel which is currently tracking Node.js version 12 by switching with:

sudo snap switch node --edge

This approach is only recommended for those users who are willing to participate in testing and bug reporting upstream.

Node.js LTS Schedule

Release LTS Status  Codename    LTS Start       Maintenance Start Maintenance End
6.x     Active      Boron       2016-10-18      April 2018        April 2019
7.x     No LTS              
8.x     Active      Carbon      2017-10-31      April 2019        December 2019
9.x     No LTS              
10.x    Active      Dubnium     October 2018    April 2020        April 2021  
11.x    No LTS                                  2019-04-01        2019-06-30
12.x                            2019-10-22      2021-04-01        2022-04-01
13.x    No LTS                                  2020-04-20        2020-06-01
14.x    Current     Fermium     2020-10-20      2021-10-20        2023-04-30