Installing package "npm install node" fails with E404

Question

I am using a Raspberry Pi 4 with "Raspbian Buster with desktop and recommended software". Version npm: 6.13.4 Version node: v12.16.1

Do anyone know what is wrong?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm install node

npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-linux-arm - Not found
npm ERR! 404 
npm ERR! 404  'node-linux-arm@13.10.1' is not in the npm registry.

Answer 1

npm install node is not a valid package. Maybe npm install nodejs ?

You can check all the "package manager" options for node here , but I didn't see anything related to Raspberry Pi (although I don't know much about Raspberry Pi, so maybe I missed something)

You can always do:

npm install npm

Which will give you nodejs as well. More info here .