How To Install Node.js on an Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives. Installing Node.js via package manager on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js’ package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world.
Node.js is a Javascript platform for server-side programming. Node.js allows users to build network applications by using Javascript. It is a server-side software platform built on Google’s V8 JavaScript engine.
Install Node.js on Debian
Node.js is available as a pre-built package on Linux distros and can also be installed from its source on other Linux distros. Node.js can be installed on Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions including: Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), elementaryOS and others.
Node.js Version 5.0.0 is the latest Stable version of Node.js software.
Download for Linux (x86)
- v4.2.2 LTS Mature and Dependable
https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.2.2/node-v4.2.2-linux-x86.tar.gz - v5.0.0 Stable Latest Features
https://nodejs.org/dist/v5.0.0/node-v5.0.0-linux-x86.tar.gz
Node.js is available from the NodeSource Debian and Ubuntu binary distributions repository (PPA)
Install Node.js on Ubuntu or Linux Mint
Run the following commands to install Node.js and npm.
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install npm
$ sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
One can also install Node.js via PPA.
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make
$ sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/node.js
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install npm
Once you have installed Node.js, run node –version to check Node.js version.
$ node --version