I was installing some packages in Linux Ubuntu to begin code some projects in Node.js and react, but I did not follow the instructions on yarn's website, passed on shell only the command line sudo apt-get install yarn. Now, I got a wrong version installed and I can't install the right version. I also can't uninstall this wrong package. I tried everything I could think. Somebody who passed by it and got resolve it could help me?
Try sudo apt-get remove yarn && sudo apt-get purge yarn
First you need to check if your required version is installed or not by running this command in your terminal:
yarn --version
Now if the version is not installed you can run this command to remove and to install new version of it.
sudo apt-get remove yarn && sudo apt-get purge yarn
The root cause of your problem is using sudo to install node/yarn. Use the NVM package to install a node/yarn under your home folder. NVM is a convenient way to work with multiple versions of node and will help you with your yarn issue.
You can use nvm - install that and you can then use any versions of node. In fact you can install more than one version of node.
First download the NVM installation script using CURL as follows
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash
After downloading this script, run the script using bash as given below
$ bash install_nvm.sh
Check the installed NVM version as given below
$ nvm --version
Install any particular node version using following nvm command:
$ nvm install 10.19 # will install node 10.19.0
To use particular node version use
$ nvm use 10.15 # it will use node 10.15.0
To list out all versions of node available to you
$ nvm ls
Finally after choosing the right version of node preferred by you, you can install yarn.
curl -o- -L https://yarnpkg.com/install.sh | bash
Test that Yarn is installed by running the below command -
yarn --version
With this method, you can avoid sudo issues.
If Yarn is not found in your PATH, follow these steps to add it and allow it to be run from anywhere.
Note: your profile may be in your .profile, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .zshrc, etc.
Add this to your profile: export PATH="$PATH:/opt/yarn-[version]/bin" (the path may vary depending on where you extracted Yarn to)
In the terminal, log in and log out for the changes to take effect
I have been trying to update nodejs for a long time now. When I run node -v, it tells me I am using: v0.10.40. But when I look at nodejs.org it says the v7.4.0?
I have cleaned the npm cache and done a reinstall with sudo n stable but still v0.10.40, and the last time that I updated npm it prompted me that my node version is too old and outdated.
What am I doing wrong. And can somebody tell me if v0.10.40 is the current or an outdated version?
You likely have two versions of node installed and in your path. If you are on OSX or linux, run which node (if on Windows, you may npm i -g #raider/which, and then run which node). This should give you the location of the old version of node.
Then run mv path/to/old/node path/to/old/node.bak, replacing with the actual path, and rerun node --version to see if it picks up the right version now.
UPDATE: If you are on Ubuntu or another Debian based Linux, you should install the latest with the following commands:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
UPDATE: If you are using nvm, run nvm install node followed by nvm use node in a new terminal to get the latest that nvm supports.
I'm trying to install nvm on Ubuntu 14.04 but it doesn't seem to use the version I specify. I installed following the tutorial here https://github.com/creationix/nvm and I've also tried the one here https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-with-nvm-node-version-manager-on-a-vps.
There are 2 node installations on my system already.
which node # => /usr/local/bin/node
node --version # => v0.11.13-pre
which nodejs # => /usr/bin/nodejs
nodejs --version # => v0.10.26
When I install nvm using the curl one liner they give you, and then use
nvm install 0.10.32
It creates an empty folder inside .nvm/v0.10.32 and .nvm/current symlinks to it.
In addition the bin folder is also empty. This problem occurs if I install other
versions of node. I suppose I could just clone a version of node into the folder
its supposed to go in but idk if that's all I have to do. In addition, I'm not sure
I know how to make my system use the nvm current (symlink from /usr/local/bin/node to .nvm/current ?) Without doing anything myself and only following the tutorial, node --version and nodejs --version never uses the version I specify with.
nvm use 0.10.32
Here is my personal guide how to install nvm (node version manager).
reference: https://github.com/creationix/nvm
1.) Install nvm (NOTE: There might be new versions in their website.)
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.24.0/install.sh | bash
2.) Close the current terminal and use a new terminal then try nvm again.
3.) Install current node.js version by using:
nvm install node_version
ex: nvm install 0.10.32
4.) to check the nodejs version--> nvm list
5.) Setup a default node version in nvm so that everytime you restart
the system it loads a default node version:
to get help: nvm -h
to get list of install node.js versions: nvm ls
to set a default alias: nvm alias default node_version
6.) Uninstall a specific node.js version:
nvm uninstall node_version
I understand that my answer may be outdated, but there was a very nice thesis in the ticket #809, that using
$ npm install -g nvm
is wrong. To fix, you want to do
$ npm uninstall -g nvm
$ apt install curl
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.1/install.sh | bash
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ nvm install 5.1
$ nvm use 5.1
instead (given that curl hasn't yet been installed on that machine).
I just removed all of the offending node installations until my system used a version that was 0.10.* . It appears I tried to install node before or another program installed it.
I would like to install NodeJS version 0.8.18 on Ubuntu 12.04. I tried to install the newest version and then reverting to 0.8.18 by using nvm, but when I run my code apparently there is some problem with the packages installed and the two versions (latest and 0.8.18). Since I don't know how to solve that problem, I cleaned the machine from the Node installation and thought about installing directly the version I'm interested in (v0.8.18).
The n module worked for me.
Run this code to clear npm’s cache, install n, and install the latest stable version of Node:
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable
See: http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/update-node-js-latest-version/
And: https://www.npmjs.com/package/n
To install a specific version of node:
sudo n 6.11.2
To check what version:
node -v
You might need to restart
Chris Lea has 0.8.23 in his ppa repo.
This package let you add a repository to apt-get: (You can also do this manually)
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
Add Chris Lea's repository:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js-legacy
Update apt-get:
sudo apt-get update
Install Node.js:
sudo apt-get install nodejs=0.8.23-1chl1~precise1
I think (feel free to edit) the version number is optional if you only add node.js-legacy. If you add both legacy and ppa/chris-lea/node.js you most likely need to add the version.
NVM (Node Version manager)
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
Advantages:
allows you to use multiple versions of Node and without sudo
is analogous to Ruby RVM and Python Virtualenv, widely considered best practice in Ruby and Python communities
downloads a pre-compiled binary where possible, and if not it downloads the source and compiles one for you
Tested in Ubuntu 17.10:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
nvm install 0.9.0
nvm install 0.9.9
nvm use 0.9.0
node --version
#v0.9.0
nvm use 0.9.9
node --version
#v0.9.9
For the particular case of the most recent long term support version (recommended if you can choose):
nvm install --lts
nvm use --lts
npm --version
npm install --global vaca
vaca
Since the sourcing has to be done for every new shell, the install script hacks adds some auto sourcing to the end of your .barshrc. That works, but I prefer to remove the auto-added one and add my own:
f="$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh"
if [ -r "$f" ]; then
. "$f" &>'/dev/null'
nvm use --lts &>'/dev/null'
fi
With this setup, you get for example:
which node
gives:
/home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v0.9.0/bin/node
and:
which vaca
gives:
/home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v0.9.0/bin/vaca
and if we want to use the globally installed module:
npm link vaca
node -e 'console.log(require.resolve("vaca"))'
gives:
/home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v0.9.0/lib/node_modules/vaca/index.js
as mentioned at:
NodeJS require a global module/package
How do I import global modules in Node? I get "Error: Cannot find module <module>"?
so we see that everything is completely contained inside the specific node version.
For projects however, you are better off just using packages installed locally under node_modules and npx for executable to be able to have independent versions across projects, global usage is mostly for the Node executable itself and global CLI utilities not specific to any project.
Setting the NPM version
Simply:
npm install npm#6.14.13 -g
The executable is placed inside the current NVM version, so everything remains nice and isolated, e.g.:
which npm
gives something like:
/home/ciro/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.0/bin/npm
How can I change the version of npm using nvm?
It is possible to install specific version of nodejs from nodejs official distribution with using dpkg.
Check the version of you ubuntu distribution, cat /etc/lsb-release.
Check architecture of your os, uname -m.
Download preferred version of debian package from nodejs official site.
For 4.x, https://deb.nodesource.com/node_4.x/pool/main/n/nodejs/
For 5.x, https://deb.nodesource.com/node_5.x/pool/main/n/nodejs/
For 0.12.x, https://deb.nodesource.com/node_0.12/pool/main/n/nodejs/
Be careful to check nodejs-dbg or nodejs in filename.
For example, currently recent 4.x version is 4.2.4, but you can install previous 4.2.3 version.
curl -s -O https://deb.nodesource.com/node_4.x/pool/main/n/nodejs/nodejs_4.2.3-1nodesource1~trusty1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install rlwrap
sudo dpkg -i nodejs_4.2.3-1nodesource1~trusty1_amd64.deb
Try this way. This worked me.
wget nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.36/node-v0.10.36-linux-x64.tar.gz(download file)
Go to the directory where the Node.js binary was downloaded to, and then run command i.e, sudo tar -C /usr/local --strip-components 1 -xzf node-v0.10.36-linux-x64.tar.gz to install the Node.js binary package in “/usr/local/”.
You can check:-
$ node -v
v0.10.36
$ npm -v
1.4.28
In ubuntu specific version of node can be installed with help of nvm
install nvm
sudo apt install curl
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
source ~/.bashrc
To install a particular version of node, use the command nvm install and add the number of the version.
nvm install 10.15.2
node -v
Say you want to install Node 10,
Firstly, download and execute the Node.js 10.x installer:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
This will add a source file for the official Node.js 10.x repo, grabs the signing key
Once the installer is done doing it’s thing, you will need to install (or upgrade) Node.js:
sudo apt install nodejs
version 0.10 is also avaible with this ppa
apt-add-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
install nodejs with:
apt-get install nodejs=0.10.25-1chl1~precise1
Thanks to my friend Julian Xhokaxhiu
I imagine many directed here are looking for this to add to a Dockerfile
RUN set -x \
&& curl -sL 'https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x' | bash - \
&& apt-get -y install nodejs \
&& ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/local/bin/node
FYI, according to this page in the wiki of the nodejs github repo, Chris Lea's PPA (mentioned in several other answers) has been superseded by the NodeSource distributions as the main way of installing nodejs from source in Ubuntu:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
This is supported for the three latest (at the time of writing this) LTS versions of Ubuntu: 10.04 (lucid), 12.04 LTS (precise) and 14.04 (trusty).
I'm not sure this will help in installing an old version of nodejs, but I'm putting this here in case it helps others who needed to install a specific (newer) version of nodejs that isn't included in their distro's repositories.
yes, its a duplicate answer but I insist using n module to install a specific version(following commands installs node version 6.9.5).
npm install -g n
n 6.9.5
NOTE: you can use NVM software to do this in a more nodejs fashionway.
However i got issues in one machine that didn't let me use NVM. So i
have to look for an alternative ;-)
You can manually download and install.
go to nodejs > download > other releases
http://nodejs.org/dist/
choose the version you are looking for
http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.18/
choose distro files corresponding your environmment and download (take care of 32bits/64bits version).
Example: http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.18/node-v0.8.18-linux-x64.tar.gz
Extract files and follow instructions on README.md :
To build:
Prerequisites (Unix only):
* Python 2.6 or 2.7
* GNU Make 3.81 or newer
* libexecinfo (FreeBSD and OpenBSD only)
Unix/Macintosh:
./configure
make
make install
If your python binary is in a non-standard location or has a
non-standard name, run the following instead:
export PYTHON=/path/to/python
$PYTHON ./configure
make
make install
Windows:
vcbuild.bat
To run the tests:
Unix/Macintosh:
make test
Windows:
vcbuild.bat test
To build the documentation:
make doc
To read the documentation:
man doc/node.1
Maybe you want to (must to) move the folder to a more apropiate place like /usr/lib/nodejs/node-v0.8.18/ then create a Symbolic Lynk on /usr/bin to get acces to your install from anywhere.
sudo mv /extracted/folder/node-v0.8.18 /usr/lib/nodejs/node-v0.8.18
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/nodejs/node-v0.8.18/bin/node /usr/bin/node
And if you want different release in the same machine you can use debian alternatives. Proceed in the same way posted before to download a second release. For example the latest release.
http://nodejs.org/dist/latest/ -> http://nodejs.org/dist/latest/node-v0.10.28-linux-x64.tar.gz
Move to your favorite destination, the same of the rest of release you want to install.
sudo mv /extracted/folder/node-v0.10.28 /usr/lib/nodejs/node-v0.10.28
Follow instructions of the README.md file. Then update the alternatives, for each release you have dowload install the alternative with.
sudo update-alternatives --install genname symlink altern priority [--slave genname symlink altern]
Add a group of alternatives to the system. genname is the
generic name for the master link, symlink is the name of its
symlink in the alternatives directory, and altern is the
alternative being introduced for the master link. The arguments
after --slave are the generic name, symlink name in the
alternatives directory and alternative for a slave link. Zero
or more --slave options, each followed by three arguments, may
be specified.
If the master symlink specified exists already in the
alternatives system’s records, the information supplied will be
added as a new set of alternatives for the group. Otherwise, a
new group, set to automatic mode, will be added with this
information. If the group is in automatic mode, and the newly
added alternatives’ priority is higher than any other installed
alternatives for this group, the symlinks will be updated to
point to the newly added alternatives.
for example:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/lib/nodejs/node-v0.10.28 0 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/node.1.gz node.1.gz /usr/lib/nodejs/node-v0.10.28/share/man/man1/node.1
Then you can use update-alternatives --config node to choose between any number of releases instaled in your machine.
To install a specific version of nodejs in Ubuntu you can use below commands, just specify and replace the version number, for example, node_12.x will fetch the latest of 12.
curl https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-add-repository "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_7.x $(lsb_release -sc) main"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
FYI the available version for raring in Chris Lea's repo is currently 0.8.25
sudo apt-get install nodejs=0.8.25-2chl1~raring1
The Node.js project recently pushed out a new stable version with the 0.10.0 release
Use the following command on Ubuntu 13x
sudo apt-get install nodejs=0.10.18-1chl1~raring1
Install nvm using the following commands in the same order.nvm stands for node version manager.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall libssl-dev
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.32.1/install.sh | bash
In case the above command does not work add -k after -o- .It should be as below:
curl -o- -k https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.32.1/install.sh | bash
Then nvm ls-remote to see the available versions.
In case you get N/A in return,run the following.
export NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=http://nodejs.org/dist
alternatively you can run the following commands too
export NVM_DIR="$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
Then nvm install #.#.# replacing # by version(say nvm 8.9.4)
finally nvm use #.#.#
Here is a list of available builds for debian: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/tree/master/deb
For this example, lets assume you want version 14 (LTS at the time of writing)
We can download this script from github, execute it and install the version of node we want. For security reasons it's a good idea to read the script prior to executing it.
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodesource/distributions/master/deb/setup_14.x | bash
apt-get install -y nodejs # may or may not require sudo based on your setup
I like this approach because it doesn't require extraneous dependencies like nvm to target specific versions
If you are building for a different distro or architecture you can find more builds here https://nodejs.org/dist/
I tried installing node ver 0.8 on my ubuntu 12.04.It already has a node ver 0.6.12.The installation went suceesfully but when i type in
node --version
it still shows previous version.
i tried to remove previous version using sudo apt-get remove node but it says package node is not installed.But on trying node --version it shows 0.6.12
Why is it so??
The problem is, you need to replace the new location for node with the old in your PATH variable. If you have an old manual install, find the old path to node by running echo $PATH. Then run this command:
export PATH=${PATH%$OLD_NODE_PATH/bin*}$NEW_NODE_PATH/bin${PATH#$*OLD_NODE_PATH/bin}
Or if you are using an install from the apt-get repository, just run:
export PATH=$NEW_NODE_PATH/bin
And that should fix your problem. But there is a better way! The best tool to manage your node.js environment is NVM. It exactly like RVM for ruby and similar to virtualenv for python, if you are familiar with those tools. It allows you to switch versions of node and download new ones extremely efficiently, and is easy to use. Download and install with:
curl https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
Then add this line to your bash (assuming you are running a bash shell) where it will be loaded (I prefer .bash_login for the personal stuff although it is not loaded by default):
[[ -s $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh
Source your bash script or restart the terminal then enter this command:
nvm install 0.8.0 && nvm use 0.8.0
This should set you up just fine. Although not necessary, you should probably get rid of all the other node installs, for the sake of tidiness. Check out their github page but to get you started here is a quick overview:
nvm ls # list all installed versions of node
nvm ls-remote # list all available versions of node
nvm install 0.9.8 # download and install node v0.9.8
nvm use 0.8.0 # switch current environment to use node v0.8.0
nvm alias default 0.8.0 # set 0.8.0 as default, you can use 'nvm use default'
nvm deactivate # use system install of node
nvm run default app.js # run app.js with default node version
I had this issue until I followd the directions on
https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager
which included running:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
first. Then running sudo apt-get install nodejs npm got me to 0.8.x
Also see: http://apptob.org/
Seem like you install nodejs package from Ubuntu repo and manually install node 0.8 after?
Try remove nodejs package.
The way to get a more recent version of Node.js is to add a PPA (personal package archive) maintained by NodeSource. This will probably have more up-to-date versions of Node.js than the official Ubuntu repositories.
First, you need to install the PPA in order to get access to its contents:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup | sudo bash -
The PPA will be added to your configuration and your local package cache will be updated automatically. After running the setup script from nodesource, you can install the Node.js package using the below command.
sudo apt-get install nodejs
You can check the node by using this command
node -v