npm does not support Node.js v10.19.0
npm does not support Node.js v10.19.0
You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
can’t make any promises that npm will work with this version.
You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/
Short Answer
The simplest is to update to Node.js v14:
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
If you having problems installing try sudo apt-get purge nodejs, see details.
Long Answer
You could update to newer Node.js-versions, see:
https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#readme
however according to a comment on github, jumping to the newest version, might lead to breaking changes. (I don’t notice any.)
Thanks to a comment from @SaidbakR below : To see which version is compatible check the following table:
| NodeJS | `npm --version` |
|---------|-----------------|
| Node 20 | 9.0+ |
| Node 18 | 8.0+ |
| Node 16 | 6.0+ |
| Node 14 | 4.14+, <9.0 |
| Node 12 | 4.12+, <8.0 |
| Node 10 | 4.9+ , <6.0 |
I skipped the uneven numbers, because they don’t have a long-term-support.
If you would like to update to e.g. Node.js 18, edit the number from the code above:
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]; then
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
fi
This answer is based on (How to update node.js) as well on (compatible node.js and npm-Versions)
If you have nvm you can try re-installing node versions. Make sure you switch to the version of node for which your npm works first. For example switch to node 8 and then re-install other versions.
nvm use 8
nvm uninstall 10
nvm uninstall 12
nvm install 10
nvm install 12
nvm use 10
nvm alias default 10
nvm uninstall 8
Source: maxbettercloud on https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues/3644#issuecomment-999170850
Update 2023:
node.js changed the installation: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#installation-instructions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg
NODE_MAJOR=18
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs -y
PS: You can change the Version by choosing one of the following:
NODE_MAJOR=16;NODE_MAJOR=18;NODE_MAJOR=20