Installing Node.js on Ubuntu

Ubuntu usually doesn't ship with the Node.js and NPM tools out of the box. You need to install them separately.

To install Node.js, follow these steps:

1. Run the following command:

      sudo apt install -y nodejs

1. Now, we need to verify that Node.js has been installed. You can check the version that you've installed in the Terminal application by using the following command:

      node --version

The system's output, which will be the version's value, will be v8.11.4 or higher.

To install NPM, follow these steps:

1. Use the following command:

      sudo apt install -y npm

1. The fastest way to check that NPM has been installed is to check its version. You can do so by using the following command:

      npm --version

The version number should be 5.8.0 or higher.