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How can I update my nodeJS to the latest version?

I have installed nodeJS on Ubuntu with the following code
sudo apt-get install nodejs


Since I am a new user for ubuntu I also ran this code too
sudo apt-get install npm


Now when I type
 nodejs --version


It shows
v0.6.19


I checked and saw latest nodeJS version is 0.10.26

How can I update my version of nodeJS to 0.10.26?

I tried with

 sudo apt-get install <packagename>

 sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade <packagename>
nodejs apt
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2 Answers

akshay1995
Use n module from npm in order to upgrade node


sudo npm cache clean -f

sudo npm install -g n

sudo n stable

To upgrade to latest version (and not current stable) version, you can use


sudo n latest

Fix PATH:


  sudo apt-get install --reinstall nodejs-legacy     # fix /usr/bin/node

To undo:


  sudo n rm 6.0.0     # replace number with version of Node that was installed

  sudo npm uninstall -g n

You may need to restart your terminal to see the updated node version.
sandhya6gczb
I also recommend using nvm instead, and also removing the already installed version to avoid conflicts in the terminal


sudo apt purge nodejs npm

then install nvm and use it

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