NodeJS - server installation - Ubuntu

Step 1: Get node setup file and rename as nodesource_step.sh

~$ wget https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x -O nodesource_setup.sh
--2018-03-11 09:22:15--  https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x
Resolving deb.nodesource.com (deb.nodesource.com)... 52.84.110.132, 52.84.110.18, 52.84.110.122, ...
Connecting to deb.nodesource.com (deb.nodesource.com)|52.84.110.132|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 12546 (12K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘nodesource_setup.sh’

nodesource_setup.sh                  100%[===================================================================>]  12.25K  --.-KB/s    in 0s      

2018-03-11 09:22:15 (85.2 MB/s) - ‘nodesource_setup.sh’ saved [12546/12546]

Step 2: Install the PPA to your configuration using the below command:
~$ sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
[sudo] password for ubuntu: 

## Installing the NodeSource Node.js v8.x LTS Carbon repo...


## Populating apt-get cache...

+ apt-get update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                           
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                  
Hit:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release              
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:8 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

## Confirming "xenial" is supported...

+ wget -qO /dev/null -o /dev/null 'https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x/dists/xenial/Release'

## Adding the NodeSource signing key to your keyring...

+ wget -qO- https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | apt-key add -
OK

## Creating apt sources list file for the NodeSource Node.js v8.x LTS Carbon repo...

+ echo 'deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
+ echo 'deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

## Running `apt-get update` for you...

+ apt-get update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release                                                  
Get:3 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial InRelease [4,646 B]                                        
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                           
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease               
Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Get:8 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial/main Sources [761 B]
Get:9 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,003 B] 
Hit:10 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease               
Get:11 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial/main i386 Packages [1,005 B]
Hit:12 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Fetched 7,415 B in 3s (2,177 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done

## Run `apt-get install nodejs` (as root) to install Node.js v8.x LTS Carbon and npm

~$ 

Step 3: Install Node JS:

~$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libllvm4.0 linux-headers-4.10.0-28 linux-headers-4.10.0-28-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-26 linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic
  linux-image-4.10.0-28-generic linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic linux-image-extra-4.10.0-28-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-26-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.10.0-28-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-26-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 95 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 61.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x xenial/main amd64 nodejs amd64 8.10.0-1nodesource1 [12.7 MB]
Fetched 12.7 MB in 13s (928 kB/s)                                                                                                               
Selecting previously unselected package nodejs.
(Reading database ... 316819 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_8.10.0-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (8.10.0-1nodesource1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up nodejs (8.10.0-1nodesource1) ...
~$ 

Step 4: Check the Node Versions installed :
~$ nodejs -v
v8.10.0
~$ npm -v
5.6.0

Step 5: Install Build Essential:

~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.1ubuntu2).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libllvm4.0 linux-headers-4.10.0-28 linux-headers-4.10.0-28-generic linux-headers-4.13.0-26 linux-headers-4.13.0-26-generic
  linux-image-4.10.0-28-generic linux-image-4.13.0-26-generic linux-image-extra-4.10.0-28-generic linux-image-extra-4.13.0-26-generic
  linux-signed-image-4.10.0-28-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-26-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 95 not upgraded.
~$ 


source: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

source: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-on-ubuntu-16-04