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Me again, does anyone know a recommended method to upgrade?
Aug 2, 2017
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Node.js update procedure
I've a server created with Forge with Node.js v6.9.2 installed, and I'll like to update it to version 8.2.1, is there a recommended procedure / command line sequence to be used with Forge? Thanks
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You can try running:
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n 8.11.1
That should do it with Ubuntu server.
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I don't believe Node is installed via NPM on Forge. It's actually a deb repository in Ubuntu.
To upgrade, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
For me, I just had to change the '6' to an '8'.
Then run your normal sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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Even better now, rather than manually updating your sources file,
https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md
They have commands to run scripts, depending on the version require, that will automatically handle all of this for you.
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@browner12 Thanks. I ran
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
and it worked really well. And all based on suggested documentation. Thanks again!
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