The bin folder contains the node (node.js) binary as well as symlinks for npm and npx. The extracted tar archive contains the following structure: cd ls -laĭrwxr-xr-x 2 1001 1001 4096 Jan 4 14:10 bin The current LTS version can be downloaded from the nodejs site and extracted: wget tar -xf node-v14.15.4-linux-圆4.tar.xz Download newer node.js LTS version and integrate into the system Npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at Npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. Npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version. Npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we This can cause major problems when trying to install/build a node application using npm install: npm install bower gulp npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v10.21.0

The same also applies to the npm package, the node.js package manager: apt-cache show npm Note the package name in Debian is nodejs. Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers In the example of the current Debian stable version, Debian 10 (codename Buster), comes with node 10.21.0: apt-cache show nodejs

However the node.js packages of most Linux distributions come with an older version. node.js) is 14.15.x and many node developers use this version to build their applications.

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