Unable to install nodejs in ubuntu v-20.04.1

Question

I am trying to install nodejs version 14.15.4 using this command-

apt install nodejs=14.15.4

But I am getting this error- E: Version '14.15.4' for 'nodejs' was not found

Which mistake I am doing in this command?

Or any better way to install it?

Answer 1

The easiest way (from my experience) has always been using node version manager , as it allows you to switch between node.js versions easily. To begin, make sure you're up to date: sudo apt update .

Install NVM first using either cURL or wget using one of the following:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash

We then need to load NVM, which can be done with:

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

Then, use nvm install 14.15.4 .

Answer 2

I am trying to install nodejs version 14.15.4 using this command-

apt install nodejs=14.15.4

But I am getting this error- E: Version '14.15.4' for 'nodejs' was not found

Which mistake I am doing in this command?

Or any better way to install it?

Answer 3

To install Node.js v14.x in Ubuntu 20.04

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash - 

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs