
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 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
#Npm install latest version of node update
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 Then run npm -v to check if the version of npm is up-to-date. Replace your-username in the above command with your own username. 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 npm should be run outside of the node repl, in your normal shell. The node snap can be accessed by the command node, for example: $ node -vĪn up-to-date version of npm will installed as part of the node snap.
#Npm install latest version of node install
Node can be installed with a single command, for example: sudo snap install node -classic -channel 11/stable Node.js versions 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 are currently available, with the Snap Store being updated within hours, or minutes of a Node.js release. Specific to Node.js, developers can choose from one of the currently supported releases and get regular automatic updates directly from NodeSource.

Node.js is available as a snap package in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu. So we see that everything is completely contained inside the specific node version. Gives: /home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v0.9.0/lib/node_modules/vaca/index.js Node -e 'console.log(require.resolve("vaca"))' Gives: /home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v0.9.0/bin/vacaĪnd if we want to use the globally installed module: npm link vaca Gives: /home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v0.9.0/bin/node With this setup, you get for example: which node nvmrc file to indicate the node version required for a given project: We can easily switch node versions with: nvm install 0.9.0 Is analogous to Ruby RVM and Python Virtualenv, widely considered best practice in Ruby and Python communitiesĭownloads a pre-compiled binary where possible, and if not it downloads the source and compiles one for you That works, but I prefer to remove the auto-added one and add my own: f="$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"Īllows you to use multiple versions of Node and without sudo

Since the sourcing has to be done for every new shell, the install script hacks adds some auto sourcing to the end of your. Now test it out with a dummy package: npm install -global vaca NVM installs both the latest stable node and npm for you curl | sh
