Update Node.js: Error while updating to stable version

Question

trying to upadate node version. R enter image description here unning this sequence of commands.

1.npm cache clean -f

2. npm install -gn

after running the second command I am getting this error

$ npm install -gn npm ERR. code EBADPLATFORM npm ERR. notsup Unsupported platform for n@9:0:0, wanted {"os":":win32":"arch","any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR: notsup Valid OS: !win32

npm ERR: notsup Valid Arch: any

npm ERR: notsup Actual OS: win32

npm ERR: notsup Actual Arch: x64

npm ERR: A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR. C:\Users\shara\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2022-09-10T16_40_44_122Z-debug.log

Help would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

https://nodejs.org/en/

If you visit this official node.js website, you can download the latest version depending on your operating system. You will be able to successfully upgrade your node version this way