Updating Node on my Linux box

Recently, I read that Node 7 has been released. I am thinking that it is time to update my Linux box to the newer version.

There are multiple ways to update a Linux box.

One way is to use the package manager that shipped with Ubuntu. This method is good for a system that doesn't already have node installed and for a person who wants to spend minimal effort on keeping Node up to date.

The command to install Node 6 would be

 curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -  
 sudo apt-get install -y nodejs  

The command for Node 7 would be

 curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -  
 sudo apt-get install -y nodejs  

If Node is already installed then the latest release can be installed with

 sudo n latest  

The stable version can be installed with

 sudo n stable  

I am going to give nvm a try for installing the latest version of Node.

I will start by installing nvm with the command

 curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.0/install.sh | bash  

Then use the following command find the latest version of Node

 nvm ls-remote  

Once I determined which version I wanted to install, I ran the command

 nvm install v7.4.0