[SOLVED] Installing NPM on AWS EC2

Issue

Working on Ec2 on AWS.

I have installed Node.js and it works fine.

But the problem arises when trying to install npm.

I am using the following command to install it:

sudo curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

But the install seems to freeze... I get "fetching: http://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.0.106.tgz" at the prompt and it stays on like this.

Have any idea what is going on here?

Solution

Follow this AWS Tutorial that uses Node Version Manager.

Node Version Manager (NVM) lets you install multiple versions of Node.js and switch between them.

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Here are the steps:

Install NVM

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.32.0/install.sh | bash

Activate NVM

. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

Install Node (choose version)

nvm install 15.0.0

Confirm Successful Installation

node -e "console.log('Running Node.js ' + process.version)"

Answered By - Derek Soike

Answer Checked By - Senaida (WPSolving Volunteer)