Update node.js version inside Cloud 9 IDE

Question

My Cloud 9 workspace is running with Node.Js 0.10. How can I update it to the latest version of Node.Js (today is 0.12.4)?

I'm trying to install Node.Js using apt-get but I will always get 0.10 version.

UPDATE: Latest version of Cloud 9 workspaces now have preinstalled version 4.1.1

Davide Icardi · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-07T10:57:45.723

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With Cloud 9 you can use NVM to install a new version of Node.js. Just run:

nvm install 5.5.0
nvm use 5.5.0
nvm alias default v5.5.0

NVM keeps all the versions so you can switch back whenever you want.

edited Feb 07 '16 at 10:57

answered Jun 03 '15 at 22:15

Davide Icardi

score 26 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '15 at 01:43

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To improve on Davide Icardi's answer, this installs the latest stable version:

nvm install stable

Worked for me in Cloud9.

answered Aug 24 '15 at 01:43

Joe Maffei

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`nvm alias default stable` updates `default` alias. I don't know where it is used though. – ilyaigpetrov Sep 22 '15 at 07:00

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '15 at 22:20

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Are you running Debian/Ubuntu? As an alternative to nvm, you can:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

answered Jun 03 '15 at 22:20

mpen

Yes, I always use that command on my "physical" machine, but I don't know why this doesn't work on Cloud 9, probably because it already has NVM installed that override the system installation? – Davide Icardi Jun 03 '15 at 22:28
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run `which node`. that will tell you what you're using. you can remove `[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"` from your `.bashrc` if you don't want to use `nvm` anymore. or if like `nvm`, do what Davide suggests. – mpen Jun 03 '15 at 22:36

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