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

1. 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