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copied!<h2>2018 <em>Solution Without</em> <code>sudo</code>!</h2> <p>The Current/Stable "LTS" version of node is <strong>8.11.3</strong> (<strong><em>2018-06-12</em></strong>) <em>see</em>: <a href="https://nodejs.org" rel="noreferrer"><strong><em>nodejs.org</em></strong></a> for <em>latest</em>.</p> <h2>Step 1 - <em>Get NVM</em> (Node Version Manger)</h2> <p><code>curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash</code></p> <blockquote> <p>If you're <em>curious</em> about the installation command <em>read</em> the <a href="https://github.com/creationix/nvm/blob/master/nvm.sh" rel="noreferrer">source code</a><br> ... its been <em>reviewed</em> by <em>several</em> <a href="https://nodesecurity.io/" rel="noreferrer">security experts</a></p> </blockquote> <h2>Step 2 - <em>Install</em> the version of node.js you need</h2> <p>Once you've got <strong>NVM</strong> you can install a <em>specific</em> version of Node.js using the nvm command:</p> <p><code>nvm install v8.11.3</code></p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: you may need to close & re-open your terminal window for <code>nvm</code> command to be available.</p> <p>You should expect to see something like this in your terminal:</p> <p><code>Now using node v8.11.3</code></p> <h2>Step 3 - <em>Enjoy</em> the rest of your day!</h2> <p><em>Yes</em>, it's <em>that easy</em> and didn't require <code>sudo</code>!<br> Now <strong><em>please Upvote</em></strong> this (<em>so others can avoid <code>sudo</code>-installing things!</em>)<br> and have a <em>lovely day</em> writing node.js code!</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Microsoft <strong>Windows</strong> User</em>? <em>See</em>: <a href="https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows</a></p> </blockquote> <h2> tl;dr</h2> <p>Review of the node mailing list indicates that using <strong>NVM</strong> (<em>Node Version Manager</em>) is the <em>preferred</em> way to manage your nodejs versioning/upgrading. see: <a href="https://github.com/creationix/nvm" rel="noreferrer">github.com/creationix/nvm</a></p> <p><strong>NVM</strong> by <a href="https://github.com/creationix" rel="noreferrer"><em>Tim Caswell</em></a> (<em>& friends</em>) is "<em>better</em>" than <strong>N</strong> from <em>visionmedia</em> (TJ Holowaychuk) <a href="https://github.com/visionmedia/n" rel="noreferrer">github.com/visionmedia/n</a> because the <em>verbose</em> commands mean is <em>much</em> easier to keep track of what you are doing in your Terminal/SSH Log. Its also <em>faster</em>, <strong><em>saves kittens</em></strong> by <strong><em>not requiring</em></strong> <code>sudo</code> and is used by the team at <a href="https://liftsecurity.io/" rel="noreferrer"><strong>liftsecurity.io</strong></a> the node.js <strong><em>security experts</em></strong>!</p> <p>Also worth noting: <strong>NVM</strong> has almost <em>three times</em> as many GitHub Stars as <em>N</em> (<strong><em>22896</em></strong> <em>vs</em> <strong><em>8040</em></strong>). That's <em>usually</em> - but not always - a sign of a better module... feel free to correct if you have <em>evidence</em> of otherwise ...</p> <p>P.S. this may be a dupe of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5123533/how-can-i-uninstall-or-upgrade-my-old-node-js-version/12571148">How can I uninstall or upgrade my old node.js version?</a></p>

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