One-line install Node.js on Linux
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1 min readApr 1, 2016
In this snippet, we’re installing LTS version 10.15.0 of Node though you can choose any version listed here: https://nodejs.org/dist/.
# Pick a version
$ export VER=10.15.0# Or use latest LTS
$ export VER=$(curl https://nodejs.org/en/ | grep -Po '\d*\.\d*\.\d* LTS' | head -n1 | cut -f1 -d' ') && echo $VER# Install
$ curl https://nodejs.org/dist/v$VER/node-v$VER-linux-x64.tar.xz | tar --file=- --extract --xz --directory /usr/local/ --strip-components=1# Confirm
$ node -v
v10.15.0
$ npm -v
6.4.1
- If xz isn’t installed you’ll need to apt-get install xz-utils
- Using long-form of each option for readability
- sudo tar is required when not running as root
- On macOS, use grep -Eo instead of -Po
- You can also use wget -qO- instead of curl
- Extracts to /usr/local so binaries will end up in /usr/local/bin
