Installing Node.js
Different versions of Meteor require different versions of Node.js. Please select your Meteor version to get the correct installation instructions for Node.js:
Before you can deploy your app on the production server, you need to install Node.js. Here's how you can do that:
Debian, Ubuntu |
Run the following commands to install Node.js from the NodeSource APT repository. With these commands, we also install a compiler so that we are able to install native addons from npm.
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Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora |
Run the following commands to enable EPEL and to install Node.js from the NodeSource YUM repository. With these commands, we also install a compiler so that we are able to install native addons from npm.
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Gentoo |
Please install from source from www.nodejs.org because the regular way (listed below) will probably install a newer version.
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Arch Linux |
Please install from source from www.nodejs.org because the regular way (listed below) will probably install a newer version.
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macOS | Please download the Node.js macOS installer (version 8.x) from the Node.js download page and run it. |
Other Linux operating systems (32-bit or 64-bit only) | Please download either the 32-bit or 64-bit Node.js Linux binaries (version 8.x) from the Node.js download page. |
Other operating systems | Please install Node.js (version 8.x) from source from www.nodejs.org. |
When you are done, continue to the next step.
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