How To Install NodeJS on Ubuntu 22.04

• 7 January 2023
• ThunderVM Team
• Hosting, Information Technology, Linux

Ubuntu 22.04 is a popular Linux distribution and installing NodeJS on it is a straightforward process. In this article, we will walk through the steps to get NodeJS up and running on your Ubuntu 22.04 system.

Installing NodeJS

Prerequisites

Before we begin, there are a few things you will need to have in place:

• A computer running Ubuntu 22.04
• A user account with sudo privileges
• An internet connection

Installing NodeJS on Linux

There are a few different ways to install NodeJS on Ubuntu 22.04, but we will be using the Node Version Manager (NVM). NVM is a tool that allows you to easily install and manage multiple versions of NodeJS.

To begin, you will need to install some dependencies that are required for NVM. Open a terminal and enter the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

Once the dependencies are installed, you can download and install NVM by running the following command:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash

This will download and run the NVM installation script. When the installation is complete, you will need to close and reopen your terminal for the changes to take effect.

Once NVM is installed, you can use it to install the latest version of NodeJS by running the following command:

nvm install node

Check NodeJS version

This will download and install the latest version of NodeJS. Once the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

node -v

This should output the version number of the NodeJS installation.

Conclusion

In this article, we walked through the process of installing NodeJS on Ubuntu 22.04 using NVM. With NodeJS installed, you can now start building JavaScript applications on your Ubuntu 22.04 system.