How to Install Node.js on LinuxMint 20/19/18

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine.Nodejs can used for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Latest version node.js ppa is maintaining by its official website. Use this tutorial to install latest Nodejs & NPM on Linux Mint 20, 19 and 18 systems.

To install specific nodejs version, Visit our tutorial Install Specific Nodejs Version with NVM.

Step 1 – Configure Node.js PPA

First of all, you need to node.js PPA in our system provides by Nodejs official website. We also need to install the python-software-properties package if not installed already. You can choose either to install the latest Node.js version or LTS version.

For Latest Release

sudo apt-get install curl python-software-properties software-properties-common 
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.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 - 

Step 2 – Install Node.js on Linux Mint

For this tutorial, I have added the latest release Apt repository on my Linux Mint system. NPM will also be installed with node.js. This command will also install many other dependent packages on your system.

sudo apt-get install nodejs 

Step 3 – Check Node.js Version

After completing the installation process of node.js, Let’s check and verify the installed version. You can find more details about current version on node.js official website.

node -v  

v16.2.0

Also, check the version of NPM.

npm -v  

7.4.0

• Don’t Miss => Yarn Installation ( A Node Modules Manager)

Step 4 – Create A Demo Web Server (Optional)

This is an optional step. If you want to test your node.js install. Let’s create a web server with “Hello World!” text. Create a file http_server.js

sudo nano http_server.js 

and add the following content

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello World\n');
}).listen(3000, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/');

Now start the webserver using the command.

node http_server.js 

Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/

Web server has been started on port 3000. Now access http://127.0.0.1:3000/ url in browser.