How to upgrade Node.js via NPM

NPM is a package manager for Nodejs and many other languages. This article is running nodejs v5.4.0 on the system. To install the latest nodejs package on your system. This article introduces you to the best and easiest way to quickly upgrade the node.js version using NPM. Hope it helps.

Steps to upgrade node.js

Use the following steps to install or upgrade node.js to Latest available version.

Check the current NodeJs version

First check the current nodejs version on your system using the following command. This example is v5.4.0.

$ node -v 

v5.4.0

Force clear cache

Force clear all How to upgrade Node.js via NPM caches in the system.

$ sudo How to upgrade Node.js via NPM cache clean -f 

How to upgrade Node.js via NPM WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing.

Install n module

After clearing all caches in the system, now install n module using How to upgrade Node.js via NPM command.

$ sudo How to upgrade Node.js via NPM install -gn
 
/root/.How to upgrade Node.js via NPM-global/bin/n  - > /root/.How to upgrade Node.js via NPM-global/lib/node_modules/n/bin/n 
+ n@2.1.12

Install Nodejs

We use n module to install or update the latest nodejs version on the system.

$ sudo n stable 

     install : node-v11.8.0
       mkdir : /usr/local/n/versions/node/11.8.0
       fetch : https://nodejs.org/dist/v11.8.0/node-v11.8.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
   installed : v11.8.0

Set Binary Linking

Now use the following command to link the node binary with the latest nodejs installation binary.

$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/n/versions/node/11.8.0/bin/node /usr/bin/node

Check Nodejs version

Finally recheck your nodejs version. You will see it showing the latest version on your system.

$ node -v  

v11.8.0

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