# Install Latest Version of Node.js on Ubuntu or WSL 2

> There are many ways to install Node.js on linux. 

One way is installing node.js through apt. 
But this way you will install version 6. 

> My way of installing node.js is through ```nvm```

## here are the steps to install nvm

### Step 1 : Downoad and install NVM

```bash
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
```

### Step 2: Restart the shell

You can just restart the shell or you can type this command 

```bash
source ~/.profile 
```


## Now you can install Node.js

> here are the nvm command to install Node.js

> in ```nvm``` ```node``` is an alias for the latest version

> The first version installed becomes the default. New shells will start with the default version of node.

```bash

nvm list
# list all the installed versions of nodejs

nvm ls-remote
# list all the versions available to be installed

nvm install node 
# installs the latest version

nvm install 6.14.4 # or 10.10.0, 8.9.1, etc
# this installs a specific version


nvm use <version_number>
# This will use the current version number in the current shell

nvm unistall <version_number>
# uninstall a version


# ### Here is how you can change the version which will be used in any new shell by default
nvm alias default <version_number> 
# EG : nvm alias default 14.15.1

# now the shel will start with node 14 by default 



# ### check the node version in use 
node --version


```