Node Version Manager (NVM) installation on Ubuntu 18.04


Install packages

-- for node.js installation
# apt-get update && apt-get install -qq -y vim git curl net-tools
$ sudo apt-get install -y node.js


Install latest Node Version Manager (NVM)

-- current version
https://github.com/creationix/nvm/releases



-- installation
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash



$ export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion



$ nvm --version
0.35.2


Install latest Node.js LTS

// install latest LTS
$ nvm install --lts

$ node --version
v12.16.1

or

-- show possible
$ nvm ls-remote

// (Latest LTS: Erbium)
$ nvm install v12.16.1

$ nvm use v12.16.1

-- set default
$ nvm alias default v12.16.0

$ node --version
v12.16.0


Install latest NPM

$ nvm install-latest-npm

$ npm --version
6.13.7


Possible additional configs


packages.json

"engines": {
    "node": ">=12.13.1",
    "npm": ">=6.13.4"
  },

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.npmrc

engine-strict=true