¶ Node + NPM
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment. Node.js includes NPM in the installation package as well.
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Difficulty: Easy
¶ Installation
- With user
admin, update the packages and upgrade to keep up to date with the OS, press "y" and "enter" when needed
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
- Change to a temporary directory that is cleared on reboot
cd /tmp
- Set the environment variable for the version
VERSION=22
- We will use the NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions repository instructions. Download the setup script
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$VERSION.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
- Run the setup script
sudo -E bash nodesource_setup.sh
- Update the package manager and install Node.js + NPM. Press "y" and
enteror directlyenterif the prompt asks you
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nodejs
- Check the correct installation of Node.js
node -v
Example of expected output:
v18.16.0
- Check the correct installation of NPM
npm -v
Example of expected output:
9.5.1
- (Optional) Delete the setup script
rm nodesource_setup.sh
¶ Upgrade
- With user
admin, stop the current dependencies services of the Node + NPM, that are actually BTC RPC Explorer + Thunderhub
sudo systemctl stop btcrpcexplorer && sudo systemctl stop thunderhub
- To upgrade, type this command
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
- Check the correct installation of the latest release
node -v && npm -v
- Start BTC RPC Explorer & Thunderhub again
sudo systemctl start btcrpcexplorer && sudo systemctl start thunderhub
¶ Upgrade to major version
- With user
admin, stop the current dependencies services of the Node + NPM, that are actually BTC RPC Explorer + Thunderhub
sudo systemctl stop btcrpcexplorer && sudo systemctl stop thunderhub
- Change to a temporary directory that is cleared on reboot
cd /tmp
- Set the environment variable for the version
VERSION=22
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Here is important that you change the environment variable to the immediately higher LTS version, for example: 20 > 22
- We will use the NodeSource Node.js Binary Distributions repository instructions. Download the setup script
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$VERSION.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
- Run the setup script
sudo -E bash nodesource_setup.sh
- Update the package manager and install Node.js + NPM. Press "y" and
enteror directlyenterif the prompt asks you
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nodejs
- Check the correct installation of the latest release
node -v && npm -v
- Start BTC RPC Explorer & Thunderhub again
sudo systemctl start btcrpcexplorer && sudo systemctl start thunderhub
¶ Uninstall
- To uninstall, type this command and press "y" and "enter" when needed
sudo apt autoremove nodejs --purge && sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list