Unless using Alpine, I prefer to install node.js with nvm to be able to switch versions:
(From here: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm )
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash # OR wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
Then install versions, set defaults, etc.
nvm install 14 nvm install 16 # If using a project that e.g. uses node 14: nvm alias default 14
If using yarn as a package manager instead of npm:
npm install -g yarn # ^ Global installations go into your current version of node
## Note: With Alpine Linux, I found it not worth it to figure out how to install nvm. I just do this instead:
apk add --update nodejs npm # Currently adds node16