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    Home»Programming»Nodejs»How To Install NVM on Ubuntu 20.04

    How To Install NVM on Ubuntu 20.04

    RahulBy RahulSeptember 4, 20203 Mins ReadUpdated:September 5, 2020

    NVM is a Node Version Manager tool. Using the NVM utility, you can install multiple node.js versions on a single system. You can also choose a specific Node version for applications. It also provides an option to auto-select the node version using the .nvmrc configuration file.

    This tutorial will help you to install NVM on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system. Also, allow you to install different node versions and other useful examples.

    Prerequisites

    • You must have a running Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system with shell access.
    • Log in with a user account to which you need to install node.js.

    Installing NVM on Ubuntu

    A shell script is available for the installation of nvm on the Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system. Open a terminal on your system or connect a remote system using SSH. Use the following commands to install curl on your system, then run the nvm installer script.

    sudo apt install curl 
    curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash 
    

    The nvm installer script creates environment entry to login script of the current user. You can either logout and login again to load the environment or execute the below command to do the same.

    source ~/.profile   
    

    Installing Node using NVM

    You can install multiple node.js versions using nvm. And use the required version for your application from installed node.js.

    Install the latest version of node.js. Here node is the alias for the latest version.

    nvm install node 
    

    To install a specific version of node:

    nvm install 12.18.3  
    

    You can choose any other version to install using the above command. The very first version installed becomes the default. New shells will start with the default version of node (e.g., nvm alias default).

    Working with NVM

    You can use the following command to list installed versions of node for the current user.

    nvm ls 
    

    With this command, you can find the available node.js version for the installation.

    nvm ls-remote 
    

    You can also select a different version for the current session. The selected version will be the currently active version for the current shell only.

    nvm use 12.18.3 
    

    To find the default Node version set for the current user, type:

    nvm run default --version 
    

    You can run a Node script with the desired version of node.js using the below command:

    nvm exec 12.18.3 server.js 
    

    Conclusion

    In this tutorial, you have learned to install nvm on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Linux system. Also, get the basic understanding of the uses of nvm.

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    8 Comments

    1. Alexei Semenov on December 27, 2021 8:39 am

      Simplest way I have seen so far
      Thanks

      Reply
    2. Mikec711 on November 26, 2021 1:32 pm

      Thanks for this. My repositories were so trashed, I had to start from scratch. This was very helpful.

      Reply
    3. Menja on October 24, 2021 2:30 pm

      To set any version into Default use this.
      nvm alias default [version_here]

      Reply
    4. pharis on July 23, 2021 8:24 am

      On point. Really helpful

      Reply
    5. Kibet on May 9, 2021 8:43 am

      This article saved me brother. Thank you!

      Reply
    6. Diwas Adhikari on April 22, 2021 10:12 am

      nice own bro. it helped alot

      Reply
    7. Adam on February 14, 2021 7:31 am

      Awesome

      Reply
    8. Vinoth on January 3, 2021 3:31 pm

      Sir you did awesome blog with answers, as am developer I really appreaciate for your work. Thank you for such a brief block with correct details. I wish you that you continue like this..

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