Node.js has been developed as a JavaScript runtime with an asynchronous event approach with which it is possible to create reliable and stable applications. Node.js can be run cross-platform and is open source for JavaScript, among its main features we find:
Node.js features
- All APIs in the Node.js library are asynchronous
- It is built in the Google Chrome JavaScript V8 engine, this allows the Node.js library to be fast in code execution
- It has a single highly scalable thread
If your interest is to install Node.js and NPM in Ubuntu 21.04, getFastAnswer will explain the step by step for it..
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1. Install Node.js and NPM on Ubuntu 21.04 from the repositories
Step 1
We access the terminal in Ubuntu 21.04 and download the repositories with the following command:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
Step 2
Once this process is finished we will see the following. In this case we will see this message as it is a test distribution, but this still installs Node.js on Ubuntu 21.04. In this case we will see this message as it is a test distribution, but this still installs Node.js on Ubuntu 21.04.
Step 3
Now we proceed to install Node.js with the command.
sudo apt install nodejs
Step 4
We check the Nodejs version:
node –version
Step 5
Now we are going to install NPM with the command:
sudo apt install npm
Step 6
We enter the letter S to confirm the download and installation:
Step 7
We check the NPM version:
npm –version
2 . Install Node.js and NPM on Ubuntu 21.04 from Snap
Step 1
Another option to install Node.js and NPM in Ubuntu 21.04 is with the Snap package manager, for this we are going to use the following command:
sudo snap install node --channel = 14 / stable –classic
Step 2
We check the versions:
node --version npm –version
With either of these two methods we can install node.js and NPM in Ubuntu 21.04.
