How To Install Node.js on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Install Node.js on Ubuntu 18

Node.js is a Javascript platform for programming that enables users to build network applications very quickly. If you are using Javascript on both the front-end and the back-end, it means your development can be much more consistent and be designed within the same system.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Node.js on a Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) server.

Install Node.js on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Installing Node.js on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Method 1. Install Node.js using Ubuntu Repository.


apt install nodejs

This will install Node.js, however we still need to install the package manager (NPM) so that 3rd party modules can be installed:

apt install npm

Verify the installation:

### nodejs --version
v8.10.0

Method 2. Install Node.js using PPA.


curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh

You can inspect the contents of this script with nano:

nano nodesource_setup.sh

Run the script:

sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh

The PPA will be added to your configuration and your local package cache will be updated automatically. After running the setup script from Nodesource, you can install the Node.js package:

apt install nodejs

In order for some npm packages to work (those that require compiling code from source, for example), you will need to install the build-essential package:

apt install build-essential

Method 3. Install Node.js using NVM (Node.js Version Manager).

Using nvm, you will be able to install multiple, self-contained versions of Node.js which will means you can control your environment much easier. It will give you on-demand access to the latest versions of Node.js, but it will also allow you to specify previous releases that your app may need. So, first we’ll want to update our local repository index and then install libssl-dev and build-essential . That can be done by running the below commands in a terminal or shell:

apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

Once those are installed you need to download the setup script for NVM. Typically you can grab this from their github page. Though at the time of this writing the newest version is in the command below:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.1/install.sh

Verify that the script is indeed the one you want and then run:

bash install.sh

To begin the install of NVM. Once it finishes you will need to reload your profile to have your changes take effect without logging back in to your server again. Run the command:

source ~/.profile

Now as we have nvm installed, we can install isolated Node.js versions. To find out the versions of Node.js that are available for installation, we need to type:

[[email protected] ~]# nvm ls-remote
. . .
v5.8.0
v5.9.0
v5.9.1
v5.10.0
v5.10.1
v5.11.0
v6.0.0


Install the version you want with the command:

nvm install [your version]

Example:

nvm install 6.0.0

Configure nvm to use the version of Node.js that you just downloaded, the command is:

nvm use 6.0.0

To verify the current version of Node.js installed, the command is:

node -v

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Node.js. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Node.js on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Node.js web site.

How To Install Node.js on Ubuntu 16.04

Install Node.js on Ubuntu 16

Node.js is a Javascript platform for programming that enables users to build network applications very quickly. If you are using Javascript on both the front-end and the back-end, it means your development can be much more consistent and be designed within the same system.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Node.js on a Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) server.

Install Node.js on Ubuntu 16.04

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Installing Node.js using repository.

The default Ubuntu repos do contain a version of Node.js. It is never the latest version but is usually known to be quite stable:

apt-get install nodejs

This will install Node.js, however we still need to install the package manager (NPM) so that 3rd party modules can be installed:

apt-get install npm

Verify the current version of Node.js installed:

node -v

Step 3. Installing Node.js using PPA repository for Ubuntu 16.04.

First you need to node.js ppa in our system provide by nodejs official website. We also need to install python-software-properties package if not installed already:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -

After adding required PPA file, lets install Nodejs package. NPM will also be installed with node.js. This command will also install many other dependent packages on your system:

apt-get install nodejs

Verify the current version of Node.js installed:

node -v

Step 4. Install Node.js using NVM (Node.js Version Manager).

Using nvm, you will be able to install multiple, self-contained versions of Node.js which will means you can control your environment much easier. It will give you on-demand access to the latest versions of Node.js, but it will also allow you to specify previous releases that your app may need. So, first we’ll want to update our local repository index and then install libssl-dev and build-essential . That can be done by running the below commands in a terminal or shell:

apt-get update
apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

Once those are installed you need to download the setup script for NVM. Typically you can grab this from their github page. Though at the time of this writing the newest version is in the command below:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.1/install.sh

Verify that the script is indeed the one you want and then run:

bash install.sh

To begin the install of NVM. Once it finishes you will need to reload your profile to have your changes take effect without logging back in to your server again. Run the command:

source ~/.profile

Now as we have nvm installed, we can install isolated Node.js versions. To find out the versions of Node.js that are available for installation, we need to type:

[[email protected] ~]# nvm ls-remote
. . .
v5.8.0
v5.9.0
v5.9.1
v5.10.0
v5.10.1
v5.11.0
v6.0.0

Install the version you want with the command:

nvm install [your version]

Example:

nvm install 6.0.0

Configure nvm to use the version of Node.js that you just downloaded, the command is:

nvm use 6.0.0

To verify the current version of Node.js installed, the command is:

node -v

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Node.js. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Node.js in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Node.js web site.

How To Install Ghost on Ubuntu 16.04

Install Ghost on Ubuntu 16

Ghost is a free and open source blogging platform written in JavaScript and built on Node.js, designed to simplify the process of online publishing for individual bloggers as well as online publications.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo’ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step by step installation Ghost on a Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) server.

Install Ghost on Ubuntu 16.04

Step 1. First make sure that all your system packages are up-to-date by running these following apt-get commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2. Install LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MariaDB/MySQL and PHP) server.

A Ubuntu 16.04 LAMP server is required. If you do not have LAMP installed, you can follow our guide here. Also install all required PHP modules:

apt-get install imagemagick php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt

Step 3. Installing Node.JS and NPM.

Node.JS is the server that will be hosting the instance of our Ghost blog. Ubuntu Server’s default repository list has a stable version of Node.JS. This stable version of Node.JS will be ideal for Ghost and can be installed as follows:

apt-get install nodejs

You’ll also need to install NPM, or the Node Package Manager, which Node uses to manage packages and dependencies as follows:

apt-get install npm

After installing both Node and NPM, you can confirm the version of Node running on your server by running the following command:

nodejs -v
npm -v

Step 4. Installing Ghost.

Download and unpack Ghost with the following commands:

mkdir ~/myGhostBlog
wget https://ghost.org/zip/ghost-latest.zip
unzip -d ~/myGhostBlog ghost-latest.zip
rm -f ghost-latest.zip

Change into the ~/myGhostBlog directory and install Ghost:

cd ~/myGhostBlog
npm install --production

After the installation is completed, configure Ghost and update the URL in the config file with your domain. Copy the example config into a new file:

cp config.example.js config.js

We need to open the Ghost config file for editing using the nano text editor:

nano config.js

Find the ‘Production’ section and update the URL with your domain. After modifying it should look like this:

// ### Production
// When running Ghost in the wild, use the production environment.
// Configure your URL and mail settings here
production: {
url: 'http://your_domain.com',

Once the installation process is complete, start Ghost by running the following command:

npm start –production

You should see the following message if Ghost was installed successfully:

Ghost is running in production...
Your blog is now available on http://your_domain.com
Ctrl+C to shut down

By default, Ghost runs on default port 2368. While Ghost is running, you could visit either http://your-ip-address:2368 to view your blog or http://your-ip-address:2368/ghost to create your administrator user.

Step 5. Configure Nginx web server for Ghost.

Create a new Nginx server block with the following content:

nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/mydomain.com

Add following files:

server {
server_name mydomain.com;
listen 80;

access_log /var/log/nginx/myGhostBlog-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/myGhostBlog-error.log;

location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2368;
}

}

Save and Restart Nginx. You should see a OK message with no errors:

systemctl nginx restart

Step 6. Accessing Ghost.

Ghost will be available on HTTP port 80 by default. Open your favorite browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com/ghost or http://server-ip/ghost and create an admin user to log in to the Ghost. If you are using a firewall, please open port 80 to enable access to the control panel.

Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed Ghost. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Ghost CMS on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you to check the official Ghost web site.