Similar with golang, nodejs is available in Raspberry Pi OS distribution and you can install it with apt install nodejs
, but at the time of writing this article, the latest version in distribution is 10.24
.
Here I will show how to get latest stable version of nodejs for Raspberry Pi OS (armhf/arm32).
Requirements
- Rapsberry Pi 2/3/4
Get NodeJS
Go to nodejs download page. Find latest or prefered version of nodejs. Choose ARMv7 in Linux Binaries (ARM).
Install the Archive
- Extract nodejs archive with prefered app, in this case I use xarchiver
note : I install it in /usr/local/lib
- Here I add following line to
$HOME/.profile
file. (again, it’s easier & simple 😛)# Nodejs VERSION=v14.16.0 DISTRO=linux-armv7l export PATH=/usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-$VERSION-$DISTRO/bin:$PATH
- Next run
. ~/.profile
or restart your Pi. Then check if nodejs is installed withnode -v
command.
End
Thats all I can share now, next you can use nodejs to start coding or install/build software.
Good luck and thanks for reading. Don’t forget to share this article to your friends 😄