How to install a specific version of Node on Ubuntu?

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Masiar picture Masiar · Jun 3, 2013 · Viewed 171.6k times · Source

I would like to install NodeJS version 0.8.18 on Ubuntu 12.04. I tried to install the newest version and then reverting to 0.8.18 by using nvm, but when I run my code apparently there is some problem with the packages installed and the two versions (latest and 0.8.18). Since I don't know how to solve that problem, I cleaned the machine from the Node installation and thought about installing directly the version I'm interested in (v0.8.18).

Answer

Rimian picture Rimian · Aug 17, 2017

The n module worked for me.

Run this code to clear npm’s cache, install n, and install the latest stable version of Node:

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable

See: http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/update-node-js-latest-version/
And: https://www.npmjs.com/package/n

To install a specific version of node:

sudo n 6.11.2

To check what version:

node -v

You might need to restart

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