node

On MacOS brew install node works well enough.

On Linux apt install node installs a version which is hopelessly obsolete.

Therefore the plan is to:

1. install node version manager n with

   sudo npm install -g n
   

2. use n to install node. To install node into /usr/local:

   sudo n stable
   

   To install node into a user-specific location:

   mkdir ~/n
   export N_PREFIX=$HOME/n
   export PATH="$N_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
   # Make these permanent by adding to your ~/.zshrc
   n stable
   

Verify node installation:

node --version