在Ubuntu 16.04服务器上安装NodeJS 4.4.7或更高版本

Question

In order to run a Meteor app created with the latest version of Meteor, I need to install Node.js 4.4.7 or greater on an Ubuntu 16.04 server. I have followed the instructions in the DigitalOcean tutorial exactly:

cd ~
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh

However, when I execute the script, after a number of Get and Ign processes which seem to terminate without error, I get one 404 Not Found error, and then notification about Error executing command, exiting :

...
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Err:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages
Ign:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages
Ign:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_GB
Ign:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en
Fetched 190 kB in 2s (74.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Error executing command, exiting

I have been able to install NodeJS 4.2.6, using sudo apt-get install nodejs but I have been unable to update to a newer version. What am I missing?

Answer 1

I found that the following steps solve this issue:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev curl
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.1/install.sh | bash

Close and reopen terminal session

source ~/.profile
nvm ls-remote
nvm install v4.4.7
nvm use v4.4.7
node -v

Shows:

v4.4.7

Source: Installing using Node Version Manager (NVM)

Note: curl <url> | bash curl <url> | bash requires trust in the provider of the downloaded script.