Install NodeJs in Linux (NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions)

Debian and Ubuntu based distributions

DEB Available architectures

NodeSource will continue to maintain the following architectures and may add additional ones in the future.

• amd64 (64-bit)
• armhf (ARM 32-bit hard-float, ARMv7 and up: arm-linux-gnueabihf)
• arm64 (ARM 64-bit, ARMv8 and up: aarch64-linux-gnu)

DEB Supported Versions

Installation Instructions

Node.js

Node.js v21.x:

Using Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Using Debian, as root

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

Node.js v20.x:

Using Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Using Debian, as root

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

Node.js v18.x:

Using Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Using Debian, as root

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

Node.js LTS (v20.x):

Using Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Using Debian, as root

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

Node.js Current (v21.x):

Using Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Using Debian, as root

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | bash - &&\
apt-get install -y nodejs

Uninstall nodejs Ubuntu & Debian packages

To completely remove Node.js installed from the deb.nodesource.com package methods above:

use sudo on Ubuntu or run this as root on debian

apt-get purge nodejs &&\
rm -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list &&\
rm -r /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg

Enterprise Linux Based Distributions

RPM Available architectures

NodeSource will continue to maintain the following architectures and may add additional ones in the future.

• x86_64 (64-bit)
• arm64 (ARM 64-bit, ARMv8 and up: aarch64-linux-gnu)

RPM Supported Versions

RPM Installation Instructions

The Nodesource RPM package signing key is available here: https://rpm.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key

Node.js v21.x

As root

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | bash -
yum install -y nodejs

No root privileges

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_21.x | sudo bash -
yum install -y nodejs

Node.js v20.x

As root

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash -
yum install -y nodejs

No root privileges

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo bash -
yum install -y nodejs

Node.js v18.x

As root

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash -
yum install -y nodejs

No root privileges

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo bash -
yum install -y nodejs

Node.js LTS (20.x)

As root

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | bash -
yum install -y nodejs

No root privileges

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo bash -
yum install -y nodejs

Node.js Current (21.x)

As root

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | bash -
yum install -y nodejs

No root privileges

curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_current.x | sudo bash -
yum install -y nodejs

Optional: install build tools

To compile and install native addons from npm you may also need to install build tools:

yum install gcc-c++ make
# or: yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'

Uninstall nodejs Enterprise Linux packages

To completely remove Node.js installed from the rpm.nodesource.com package methods above:

use sudo or run this as root

yum remove nodejs &&\
rm -r /etc/yum.repos.d/nodesource*.repo &&\
yum clean all