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title: install
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section: 5
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description: Download and install node and npm
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### Description
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To publish and install packages to and from the public npm registry, you
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must install Node.js and the npm command line interface using either a Node
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version manager or a Node installer. **We strongly recommend using a Node
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version manager to install Node.js and npm.** We do not recommend using a
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Node installer, since the Node installation process installs npm in a
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directory with local permissions and can cause permissions errors when you
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run npm packages globally.
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### Overview
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- [Checking your version of npm and
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Node.js](#checking-your-version-of-npm-and-nodejs)
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- [Using a Node version manager to install Node.js and
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npm](#using-a-node-version-manager-to-install-nodejs-and-npm)
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- [Using a Node installer to install Node.js and
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npm](#using-a-node-installer-to-install-nodejs-and-npm)
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### Checking your version of npm and Node.js
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To see if you already have Node.js and npm installed and check the
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installed version, run the following commands:
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```
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node -v
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npm -v
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```
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### Using a Node version manager to install Node.js and npm
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Node version managers allow you to install and switch between multiple
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versions of Node.js and npm on your system so you can test your
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applications on multiple versions of npm to ensure they work for users on
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different versions.
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#### OSX or Linux Node version managers
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* [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm)
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* [n](https://github.com/tj/n)
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#### Windows Node version managers
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* [nodist](https://github.com/marcelklehr/nodist)
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* [nvm-windows](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows)
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### Using a Node installer to install Node.js and npm
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If you are unable to use a Node version manager, you can use a Node
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installer to install both Node.js and npm on your system.
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* [Node.js installer](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
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* [NodeSource installer](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions). If
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you use Linux, we recommend that you use a NodeSource installer.
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#### OS X or Windows Node installers
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If you're using OS X or Windows, use one of the installers from the
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[Node.js download page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/). Be sure to
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install the version labeled **LTS**. Other versions have not yet been
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tested with npm.
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#### Linux or other operating systems Node installers
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If you're using Linux or another operating system, use one of the following
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installers:
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- [NodeSource installer](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions)
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(recommended)
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- One of the installers on the [Node.js download
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page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
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Or see [this page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/) to
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install npm for Linux in the way many Linux developers prefer.
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#### Less-common operating systems
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For more information on installing Node.js on a variety of operating
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systems, see [this page][pkg-mgr].
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[pkg-mgr]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/
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