How to Install Latest Node.js 20 on Ubuntu with PPA

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Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime to build fast and scalable network applications. The latest version of the Node.js PPA is maintained by its official website.

Add Nodesource PPA

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Add the PPA to the Ubuntu system by running the following command.

apt-get install curl

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -

Output:

root@vps:~# curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -

2024-02-12 14:27:55 - Installing pre-requisites
2024-11-26 16:13:43 - Installing pre-requisites
Hit:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular InRelease
Get:2 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates InRelease [126 kB]
Get:3 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-backports InRelease [126 kB]       
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-security InRelease [126 kB]
Get:5 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular-updates/main amd64 Packages [81.6 kB]

Install Node.js

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Installing the latest version of Node.js is now possible by running the following command,

apt-get install nodejs

Output:

root@vps:~# apt-get install nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded.
Need to get 31.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 197 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro/main amd64 nodejs amd64 20.18.1-1nodesource1 [31.8 MB]
Fetched 31.8 MB in 1s (54.5 MB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package nodejs.
(Reading database ... 87826 files and directories currently installed.)

now let's check the version of the Node.js installed,

  node -v

Output:

root@vps:~# node -v
v20.18.1

Done!