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I wanted to download the latest version of nodejs(v10.15.3) but installing with the terminal states "v10.15.2" as the latest which is giving me issues.

Anyway I downloaded the file "node-v10.15.3.tar.gz" from the official node.js websitehttps://nodejs.org/en/. The problem is I don't know how I install this version of node in my machine after I downloaded and extracted the file.

There isn't an apparent installation file and the readme.md file tells me to look at a file "BUILDING.MD" which I did not find in that folder.

user8865657
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  • It's a tarball, you expand and follow the instructions usually in the README, or equivalent file, or found on the site where you grabbed it from. Usually this includes commands ./configure, make, make install to compile from source - but it's up to the dev who created the tarball (gzip'd tarball given the name you provide) – guiverc May 01 '19 at 00:35
  • @guiverc the readme refers to a file Build.md which isn't included in the folder – user8865657 May 01 '19 at 00:41
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    Welcome to AskUbuntu! I think your looking for BUILDING.md the latest version of which can be found here. – Elder Geek May 02 '19 at 14:10

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either download the linux binaries from this page: https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Direct link: https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.15.3/node-v10.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz Just unpack them

you can also use the official nodesource distro packages using the instructions at https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

# Using Ubuntu
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

which would be my prefered way to achieve this.

Phillip -Zyan K Lee- Stockmann
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  • First of all, I am still getting the version v10.15.2. And secondly, my original question was that I am unsure of what to do once I unpack the file that I downloaded from the website. I don't know how to integrate that version of node in my system. – user8865657 May 02 '19 at 12:43