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How to install Node.js on Ubuntu

Install node.js using default repository of Ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04 contains a version of node.js in its default repository. The version of this node.js is 4.2.6 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs To install node.js package manager npm sudo apt-get install npm To check node.js version. Type this command - node -v npm -v Install node.js using PPA Step 1: Adding PPA $ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash - Step 2: Install Node.js $ sudo apt-get install nodejs Now you have done. :) Lets try an example of node.js Create a file http_server.js $ vim http_server.js add the following content var http = require('http'); http.createServer(function (req, res) { res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'}); res.end('Hello World'); }).listen(3001, "127.0.0.1"); console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3001/'); Now to run the code on browser n