Trying to use https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md to install nodejs in version higher than 10 ( and then npm) on Linux Mint 19.3. It stubbornly installs the 8.10 version.
Tried fixing it with tip from https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/538536/newest-version-of-nodejs-is-not-intalling-in-linux-mint-tina but 1) "check_alt "Linux Mint" "tricia" "Ubuntu" "bionic" is already in the script 2) the result is the same.
Attempted to use sudo apt-get install as well as wget, which failed just like my last attempt, using the installation script downloaded:
dag@Arokh:~/Desktop/tmp$ sudo apt-get remove nodejs
[sudo] password for dag:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libc-ares2 libhttp-parser2.7.1 libuv1 nodejs-doc
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
nodejs
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 18,0 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 331148 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nodejs (8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
dag@Arokh:~/Desktop/tmp$ sudo ./setup_10.x
## Installing the NodeSource Node.js 10.x repo...
## Populating apt-get cache...
+ apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88,7 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB]
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia InRelease
Hit:5 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x bionic InRelease
Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB]
Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia Release
Fetched 252 kB in 2s (137 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
## You seem to be using Linux Mint version tricia.
## This maps to Ubuntu "bionic"... Adjusting for you...
## Confirming "bionic" is supported...
+ curl -sLf -o /dev/null 'https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x/dists/bionic/Release'
## Adding the NodeSource signing key to your keyring...
+ curl -s https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | apt-key add -
OK
## Creating apt sources list file for the NodeSource Node.js 10.x repo...
+ echo 'deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x bionic main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+ echo 'deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x bionic main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
## Running `apt-get update` for you...
+ apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88,7 kB]
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:4 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x bionic InRelease
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB]
Ign:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia InRelease
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB]
Hit:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia Release
Fetched 252 kB in 2s (140 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
## Run `sudo apt-get install -y nodejs` to install Node.js 10.x and npm
## You may also need development tools to build native addons:
sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make
## To install the Yarn package manager, run:
curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install yarn
dag@Arokh:~/Desktop/tmp$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88,7 kB]
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:3 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x bionic InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB]
Ign:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia InRelease
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia Release
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB]
Fetched 252 kB in 2s (139 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
dag@Arokh:~/Desktop/tmp$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/4 845 kB of archives.
After this operation, 18,0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package nodejs.
(Reading database ... 331139 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4_i386.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4) ...
Setting up nodejs (8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/nodejs to provide /usr/bin/js (js) in auto mode
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
dag@Arokh:~/Desktop/tmp$ node -v
v8.10.0
For Node version 10
$ sudo apt-get install curl python-software-properties software-properties-common
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash -
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
But try to install the latest one as I can see the post is on Mar2021 and the Node version is 10, you may get a message like
DEPRECATION WARNING
Node.js 10.x is no longer actively supported!
You will not receive security or critical stability updates for this version.
You should migrate to a supported version of Node.js as soon as possible. Use the installation script that corresponds to the version of Node.js you wish to install. e.g.
Please see https://github.com/nodejs/Release for details about which version may be appropriate for you.
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
For Latest Release
$ sudo apt-get install curl python-software-properties software-properties-common
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_15.x | sudo bash -
For LTS Release
$ sudo apt-get install curl python-software-properties software-properties-common
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
$ node -v