As per the release schedule, Node.js 18 will be the 'Current' release for the next 6 months and then promoted to Long-term Support (LTS) in October 2022. Initially, Node.js 18 will replace Node.js 17 as our ‘Current’ release line. We’re excited to announce that Node.js 18 was released today! Highlights include the update of the V8 JavaScript engine to 10.1, global fetch enabled by default, and a core test runner module. Hope you would find above post 18 is now available! By The Node.js Project, In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps of how we can uninstall and then install the latest version of nodejs using two methods. Now you should have nvm installed in your environment. nvm install 16ĭownloading and installing node v16. To make sure, you install the latest version go to following link and find out the latest version to install.Ĭheck if you have following in your ~/.bashrc echo 'export NVM_DIR='$HOME/.nvm'' > ~/.bashrc Before we install nvm, make sure to remove the older version of nvm first. There you go we got npm succesfully installed too. When we install nodejs nodejs package manager is automatically installed by yum. Installed: nodejs.x86_64 2:13.7.0-1nodesourceĪs we see above nodejs version 13.7.0 is installed. Lets now install the latest version Node.js v13.x curl -sL | sudo bash. Ok if you see above error that means, nodejs is uninstalled. nodejs -version bash: nodejs: command not found Lets check if the nodejs is removed or not. Lets first uninstall the existing nodejs version which is easy using yum remove command.

Lets check the version of latest available on following nodejs site.Īs of writing this post. Lets check ist the version of nodejs installed on the system. If you want to install it first time, skip to next section.Īssuming you have nodejs already installed. Updgrading nodejs involves following two steps. How To Install and Updgrade Nodejs On Linux

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