Running either of the above commands downloads a script and runs it. (version 0.38.0 the time of writting this article ) This will get you the most recent version of the installation script.

To install NVM on your Ubuntu 20.04 machine, visit the project’s GitHub repo.Ĭopy the command from the README file.

The best way ( in my opinion) of installing node.js is to use nvm : the Node Version Manager.Īs it's particularly flexible, this tool allows you to install and maintain many different independent versions of Node.js, and their associated Node packages, at the same time.

using apt to install the nodejs from Ubuntu’s default software repository.ġ - Installing Node Using the Node Version Manager.

using snap to install nodejs on ubuntu 20.04.

using the NodeSource PPA to install nodejs.

installing nvm, the Node Version Manager, and using it to install and manage multiple versions of node.js.

In this post, we will use three different ways to get Node.js installed on an Ubuntu 20.04 machine : Consequently, Node.js represents a 'JavaScript everywhere' paradigm, unifying web-application development around a single programming language, rather than different languages for server-side and client-side scripts. It lets developers use JavaScript to write command line tools and for server-side scripting to produce dynamic web page content before the page is sent to the user's web browser. Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment that runs on the V8 engine and executes JavaScript code outside a web browser.

How To Install Node.js on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Introduction

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