Installation
Windows
The Node.js Runtime:
The source code written in source file is simply JavaScript. It is interpreted and executed by the Node.js interpreter.
You can download the latest version of Node.js installable archive file from https://nodejs.org/en/ and follow the installation steps by clicking Next in each screen.
Linux
We can easily install Node.js on linux/ubuntu/centOS/fedora/linuxmint etc. To install Node.js on Linux (Ubuntu) operating system, follow these instructions:
- Open Ubuntu Terminal (You can use shortcut keys (Ctrl+Alt+T)
- Type command
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
- Press Enter (If you have set a password for your system then it will ask for the password)
- Type the password and press Enter
- Type command
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
and press Enter twice - Type command
sudo apt-get update
( Wait for sometime or go for a coffee) - Type command
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
- Type command
sudo apt-get install nodejs
Mac
You can download the latest version of Node.js installable archive file from https://nodejs.org/en/ and follow the installation steps by clicking Next in each screen.
But the easiest way of install Node.js in Mac is using Brew
If you don’t have brew installed, you can install it with the following command line
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
then run brew update && brew doctor
Next, add Homebrew’s location to your $PATH
in your .bash_profile
or .zshrc
file.
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH
Next, install Node (npm will be installed with Node):
brew install node
Checks
When the installation is completed you can check the version of Node.js by running node --version
And check the version of npm by running npm -v