Install Node.js on Linux, Windows, and MacOS using (nvm)
nvm is a version manager for node.js, designed to be installed per-user, and invoked per-shell. nvm
works on any POSIX-compliant shell (sh, dash, ksh, zsh, bash), in particular on these platforms: unix, macOS, and windows WSL.
To install or update nvm, you should use the following cURL(for Linux, and MacOS) or Wget ( for Windows Powershell users) command:
curl -o- https://github.com/raw/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
wget -qO- https://github.com/raw/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
Running either of the above commands downloads a script and runs it. The script clones the nvm repository to ~/.nvm
, and attempts to add the source lines from the snippet below to the correct profile file (~/.bash_profile
, ~/.zshrc
, ~/.profile
, or ~/.bashrc
).
export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
To verify that nvm has been installed, do:
command -v nvm
or
nvm -v # to see the version number example: 0.39.3
If you want to see what versions are available to install:
nvm ls-remote
To install a specific version of node:
nvm install 14.7.0 # or 16.3.0, 12.22.1, etc
To install the Long-term Support (A.K.A Stable version) of node:
nvm install --lts
# installs fnm (Fast Node Manager)
winget install Schniz.fnm
# download and install Node.js
fnm use --install-if-missing 20
# verifies the right Node.js version is in the environment
node -v # should print `v20.14.0`
# verifies the right NPM version is in the environment
npm -v # should print `10.7.0`
or download the windows installer via (Node Windows installer) and follow install instructions
To verify that Node.js has been installed properly, in your shell type the following command:
node --version
In your terminal type in the command that matches your linux distribution
For administrator privileges be sure to use sudo
For the latest stable version for your release of Debian/Ubuntu
apt-get install git
For Ubuntu, this PPA provides the latest stable upstream Git version
add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
apt update
apt install git
yum install git
dnf install git
emerge --ask --verbose dev-vcs/git
pacman -S git
zypper install git
urpmi git
nix-env -i git
pkg install git
Solaris 9/10/11 (OpenCSW)
pkgutil -i git
pkg install developer/versioning/git
pkg_add git
apk add git
git --version
In your terminal type these commands without quotes
Enter your Github user name
git config --global user.name "Your Github User Name Here"
Enter the email you used to sign-up for GitHub (Very Important)
git config --global user.email "your@email.com"
Change the name of the master branch to main (Very Important)
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
Enter in terminal to see the config
git config --list
The terminal should look something like this
git config --list
user.name=Your Github User Name Here
user.email=your@email.com
init.defaultbranch=main
Remain in the terminal and enter these commands
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C yourgithub@email.com
Hit Enter until the process is done
In the terminal open the file id_ed25519.pub inside the .ssh directory within your Home directory with the following command.
cat id_ed25519.pub
copy paste the code to your github account by adding the ssh key here
Click New ssh key button
Fill out the required fields and click the add ssh key button
Once the ssh key is added, create a repository on GitHub, clone it, add files, commit and push. When you try to push the repository a popup with ask to add your system to github fully type yes
, and hit ENTER
.
Have fun and enjoy your new development environment.
Special thanks to nvm, Node.js, and git for helping me with the detailed information.