How to Upgrade Node.js via NPM

NPM is a package manager for nodejs and many other languages. Currently I was running nodejs version v0.10.37 on my system. I was in required to install Latest nodejs package on my system. After searching I found the best and easier way to update your nodejs version using NPM quickly. It works perfectly for me and hope so for you.

Steps to Upgrade NodeJs:-

Use the following steps to install or upgrade nodejs to latest available version.

• Current NodeJs Version –First check current nodejs version on your system using following command. In my case it is v0.10.37.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ node -v 

v0.10.37

• Clean Cache Forcefully –Now clean all npm cache from your system forcefully.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ sudo npm cache clean -f 

npm WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing.

• Install n Module –After cleaning all cache from your system, now install n modules using npm command.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ sudo npm install -g n 

/usr/local/bin/n -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n/bin/n
n@2.0.2 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n

• Install Nodejs –Let’s install or update latest nodejs version on your system using n module.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ sudo n stable 

     install : node-v6.0.0
       mkdir : /usr/local/n/versions/node/6.0.0
       fetch : https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.0.0/node-v6.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz
############################################################ 100.0%
   installed : v6.0.0

• Setup Binary Link –Now link your node binary with latest nodejs installed binary file using following command.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ sudo ln -sf /usr/local/n/versions/node/6.0.0/bin/node /usr/bin/node

• Check Nodejs Version –Finally recheck your nodejs version. You will find that it showing latest version on your system.

rahul@tecadmin:~$ node -v 

v6.0.0