Ubuntu 16.04 install node. js 8.x

Quoted Https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-on-ubuntu-16-04#how-to-install-using-a-ppa

In a lot of ways to install the v4.2.6, using the method finally successfully installed 8.11.2.

$ CURL-SL https:///deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x-o nodesource_setup.shsudo bash nodesource _setup. SH  sudoinstall-vv8. 11.2  -v5.6. 0

In order for some NPM packages to work (for example, those packages that need to compile code from source code), you need to install the Build-essential package:

sudo Install build-essential

You now have the necessary tools to handle NPM packages that need to compile code from source code.

Ubuntu 16.04 installs node. js 8.x