How to Install Latest Node.js 20 on Ubuntu 25.04 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 officially.

Add Nodesource PPA

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First, add the PPA to your Ubuntu system by running the following commands:

apt install curl ca-certificates gnupg -y
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo -E bash -

Output:

root@vps:~# curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | sudo -E bash -
2025-04-30 15:33:29 - Installing pre-requisites
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky InRelease
Hit:3 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
apt-transport-https is already the newest version (3.0.0).
ca-certificates is already the newest version (20241223).
curl is already the newest version (8.12.1-3ubuntu1).
gnupg is already the newest version (2.4.4-2ubuntu23).
Solving dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  cloud-init-base eatmydata libeatmydata1 python-babel-localedata
  python3-babel python3-jinja2 python3-json-pointer python3-jsonpatch
  python3-jsonschema python3-jsonschema-specifications python3-markupsafe
  python3-passlib python3-referencing python3-rpds-py
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-backports InRelease
Get:4 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_22.x nodistro InRelease [12.1 kB]
Get:5 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_22.x nodistro/main amd64 Packages [5,812 B]
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu plucky-security InRelease
Fetched 18.0 kB in 0s (61.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
2025-04-30 15:33:36 - Repository configured successfully.
2025-04-30 15:33:36 - To install Node.js, run: apt-get install nodejs -y
2025-04-30 15:33:36 - You can use N|solid Runtime as a node.js alternative
2025-04-30 15:33:36 - To install N|solid Runtime, run: apt-get install nsolid -y

Install Node.js

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Now, install the latest version of Node.js by running:

apt install nodejs -y

Output:

root@vps:~# apt install nodejs -y
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  cloud-init-base          python3-jsonpatch
  eatmydata                python3-jsonschema
  libeatmydata1            python3-jsonschema-specifications
  python-babel-localedata  python3-markupsafe
  python3-babel            python3-passlib
  python3-jinja2           python3-referencing
  python3-json-pointer     python3-rpds-py
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.

Upgrading:
  nodejs

Summary:
  Upgrading: 1, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 3
  Download size: 36.5 MB
  Space needed: 25.0 MB / 21.3 GB available

Get:1 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_22.x nodistro/main amd64 nodejs amd64 22.15.0-1nodesource1 [36.5 MB]
Fetched 36.5 MB in 1s (26.7 MB/s)
(Reading database ... 95563 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_22.15.0-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Detected old npm client, removing...
Unpacking nodejs (22.15.0-1nodesource1) over (20.19.1-1nodesource1) ...
Setting up nodejs (22.15.0-1nodesource1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.13.0-1) ...

Verify Node.js Version

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After installation, verify the Node.js version:

node -v

Output:

root@vps:~# node -v
v22.15.0

🎉 Done! Node.js 22.15 is successfully installed on Ubuntu 25.04.