How to Install Node.js on Ubuntu 23.04
Login to the Ubuntu 23.04 server.
Install stable Node.js from the Ubuntu repository by running the following command.
apt install nodejs
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# apt install nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libc-ares2 libnode108 node-acorn node-busboy node-cjs-module-lexer
node-undici node-xtend nodejs-doc
Suggested packages:
npm
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libc-ares2 libnode108 node-acorn node-busboy node-cjs-module-lexer
node-undici node-xtend nodejs nodejs-doc
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Then check the version of the Node.js once the installation is done.
node --version
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# node --version
v18.13.0
Installing different version of Node.js from source
Install NVM manager by using "wget".
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash
=> Downloading nvm from git to '/root/.nvm'
=> Cloning into '/root/.nvm'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 359, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (359/359), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (305/305), done.
remote: Total 359 (delta 40), reused 169 (delta 28), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (359/359), 219.46 KiB | 1.73 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (40/40), done.
* (HEAD detached at FETCH_HEAD)
master
=> Compressing and cleaning up git repository
=> Appending nvm source string to /root/.bashrc
=> Appending bash_completion source string to /root/.bashrc
=> Close and reopen your terminal to start using nvm or run the following to use it now:
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion
Update your shell ~/.profile by running following command
source ~/.profile
Next, Check the if NVM installed or not by checking for its version.
nvm --version
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# nvm --version
0.39.3
List out the all available Node.js versions. you can see all Node.js versions from the first version to the latest version.
nvm ls-remote
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# nvm ls-remote
v0.1.14
v0.1.15
v0.1.16
v0.1.17
v0.1.18
v18.7.0
v18.8.0
v18.9.0
v18.9.1
v18.10.0
v18.11.0
v18.12.0 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.12.1 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.13.0 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.14.0 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.14.1 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.14.2 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.15.0 (LTS: Hydrogen)
v18.16.0 (Latest LTS: Hydrogen)
v19.0.0
v19.0.1
v19.1.0
v19.2.0
v19.3.0
v19.4.0
v19.5.0
v19.6.0
v19.6.1
v19.7.0
v19.8.0
v19.8.1
v19.9.0
v20.0.0
Now install Node.js with the version you want by running "nvm install" command.
eg: Here v20.0.0
nvm install 20.0.0
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# nvm install 20.0.0
Downloading and installing node v20.0.0...
Downloading https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.0.0/node-v20.0.0-linux-x64.tar.xz...
###################################################################################################################### 100.0%
Computing checksum with sha256sum
Checksums matched!
Now using node v20.0.0 (npm v9.6.4)
Creating default alias: default -> 20.0.0 (-> v20.0.0)
root@ubuntu:~# node -v
v20.0.0
And check the version of the Node.js once the installation is done.
node -v
Output:
root@ubuntu:~# node -v
v20.0.0
Done!