nvm VS distributions

Node.js + Nvm - runtime for javascript without a browser

Install Node.js if it hasn't been installed. There are several ways to install Node.js. You may download the installer from the official website, or install it with tools like NVM. After installation, run this command to verify its installation.

Our server also needs Node.js to run our app. We could install the binary directly, but I prefer to use a tool called NVM, which allows us to easily manage Node versions. We can install it with this command:

By setting up your environment in isolation, you can prevent yourself from a lot of issues when experimenting with code. It makes your code behave more predictable due to the defined state of the runtime environment you are working with. This article should provide you with enough information to get started, but obviously, there is a lot more power embedded in NVM, Virtual Environment and RBEnv. So make sure to check their documentation.

I highly recommend setting up nodejs with a version manager, nvm was and still is a popular option, however, I now recommend and have been using fnm, a simpler and faster alternative to manage my nodejs versions.

The purpose of a version manager is to help you navigate or install any tools for development easily. Version Manager can be one tool for each dependency (e.g. NVM, g) or One tool for all dependencies (e.g. asdf, mise).

I usually develop on Windows so I installed NVM for Windows from here, but if you’re on other OS I’m sure you can find a version that supports it, probably this is the answer.

This was a very quick introduction to how I setup NodeJS on my environment using nvm. If you have any questions please refer to the official documentation or contact me via my Social Links.

Source: Can this be used to create/download npm as a standalone executable? #3237.

The npx install playwright install when run inside the official docker container installs node 18 version. Since last few weeks node 18/20 installation is failing on few Linux distributions - nodesource/distributions#issues/1576.

Hello guys! I want to say first that this problem is caused by me. So I kind of know when it append. I will try to explain what's my problem. Basically, any time I try to install with apt or deb packages, there is an error. This happend after I installed node js with https://github.com/nodesource/distributions. Now every time that I install something it fails. The other problem for me is that i'm not english and my os is in french. The thing is, i can't juste copy/paste the errors because there's no result in Google. I tried to find a way to get the error message in english but it did not worked. I'm not used to it but I would like help. So If anyone knows what the problem could be this would be incredible. Thanks!

Node will be the next step, using setup code made from this open-source repository (can also choose a different version of Node/npm):

This is now fixed: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/issues/1507#issu...

Lets now install npm and Node.js which we are definitely going to need for installing JavaScript packages. You can find the latest versions of Node.js here https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

The NodeSource Node.js distributions repository contains information both about supported versions of Node.js and supported Linux distributions. To learn more about usage, see the repository: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions