Installing Node.js on Ubuntu 20.04

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial you will need a non-root administrative user.

Installing Node.js

First, we will install the PPA in order to get access to its packages. (You can find the required version for you here: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md) At the time of writing this v17 is the latest Node.js version.

cd ~
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_17.x | sudo -E bash -

Then, run the installation script you just downloaded.

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Testing Node.js

To verify that you've installed Node.js correctly it's very simple! Just run the following command:

node -v

If everything's correct, you can find the version of Node.js installed outputted in your console.

Updated on: 22/03/2023