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Richard Bernstein
Asked: 2019-06-29 11:52:12 +0800 CST

Need to upgrade nodejs to version 10.14 or higher on Ubuntu 18.04

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I need to run nodejs v10.14. I am currently running version 8.16.0. I have found some instructions which I follow but it causes errors (see below).

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -

This causes the following output:

## Installing the NodeSource Node.js 10.x repo...


## Populating apt-get cache...

+ apt-get update


Hit:29 http://ppa.launchpad.net/wireshark-dev/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease  
Err:31 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ehoover/compholio/ubuntu bionic Release        
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Err:32 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pipelight/stable/ubuntu bionic Release         
  404  Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists... Done                       
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/ehoover/compholio/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/pipelight/stable/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
Error executing command, exiting

Any idea how I can get nodejs v10.14 (or higher) installed?

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1 Answers

  1. your errors seem to be issues with getting your APT cache established -- The links in the curl are not responding valid (See the 404 error in the error stack) ...

    Not sure this will actually work if its a connectivity issue, but You might try removing the nodejs installation, updating your packages and reinstalling nodejs 12.x with teh 12.x curl, for example.

    To Remove and Reinstall Node & NPM:

    First remove node:

    sudo apt-get remove nodejs npm

    Then update & upgrade:

    sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

    Then get your desired Node version:

    //where setup_12.x, replace with desired major version
curl -sL deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -

    And then install your new node version:

    sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

    That should do it. You can check your current version by:

    node -v
npm -v

    Hope this helps!

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