Install NodeJS 10+ LTS on your laptop

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Installation of NodeJS and Node Packet Manager (NPM)

Linux

• Install Node through NVM (Node Version Manager):

$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.34.0/install.sh | bash
$ nvm install --lts
$ nvm alias default $(nvm current)

MacOS

• Install Node through NVM (Node Version Manager):

$ brew install nvm
$ nvm install --lts
$ nvm alias default $(nvm current)

NVM commands to know:

• List available remote LTS versions:

nvm ls-remote --lts

• List locally installed versions:

nvm ls

• Install a specific LTS version (using its code name)

nvm install Erbium

• To switch to another version for the active shell use nvm use.

nvm use 12.16.3

• To switch to the latest installed version:

nvm use node

• To switch to the latest LTS version:

nvm use --lts

• To switch the version of Node.js used by default when starting a new shell

nvm alias default {VERSION}

• To get current used version

nvm current

• Set the current used version as the default

nvm alias default $(nvm current)

Windows

• Install using the install setup from node.org
• A build chain should be installed for some native packages.

Build tool chain - Option 1 (recommended)

• In an admin powershell:

npm install -g windows-build-tools

Build tool chain - Option 2

As an alternative, you can manually install VSCode 2015:

• Install the build tool 2015 from Microsoft

• Set VS 2015 as default version:

npm config set msvs_version 2015

Build tool chain - Common

• Adding 2 directories in your windows path:

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin\amd64
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\Bin

• Install node-gyp from an administrator cmd:

npm install -g --msvs_version=2015 node-gyp rebuild

• Check that you can see the msbuild version in command line:

msbuild /version

Yarn installation

• Follow the steps from the Yarn website

Proxy for NPM

• Don't forget to set the proxy if you are working in a corporate environment:

npm config set proxy http://<proxy url>:<proxy port>