Node.js version on the command line? (not the REPL)

Question

I want to get the version of Node.js on the command line. I\'m expecting to run a command like:

node -version

but that doesn\'t work. Does

Answer 1

By default node package is nodejs, so use

$ nodejs -v

or

$ nodejs --version 

You can make a link using

$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

then u can use

$ node --version

or

$ node -v