Installing NodeJS on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04

You can follow one of the following options to install NodeJS in Ubuntu OS, I would suggest follow the first option 2 if you want NodeJs on Your local dev machine or development server.

If you are installing it on your production server then I guess the Option 1 is better way to go.

Option 1: Installing Node.js with Apt Using a NodeSource BASH

apt update 
cd ~
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

The NodeJS is ready to use you can verify installation by using node -v and npm -v

you should get the latest LTS version installed.

Option 2: Installing Node Using the Node Version Manager

To install NVM using curl, run the following command:

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

alternatively, you can also install NVM using wget, run the following command:

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

Source the new instructions NVM added to .bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

You have successfully installed NVM on your machine, to install the latest version of Node, run the following:

nvm install node

Now, you can ask NVM which versions of Node are available:

nvm list-remote

You can install your preferred version from list using following command

nvm install _your_preferred_version_of_nodejs

Review all installed versions of Node with the ls command.

nvm ls

More information about Node NVM Also learn more about NodeSource