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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.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates &&
  curl --fail -ssL -o setup-nodejs https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.10 &&
  sudo bash setup-nodejs &&
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs build-essential
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates &&
  curl --fail -ssL -o setup-nodejs https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x &&
  sudo bash setup-nodejs &&
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs build-essential
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates &&
  curl --fail -ssL -o setup-nodejs https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.9.4 &&
  sudo bash setup-nodejs &&
  sudo apt-get install -y nodejs build-essential
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.

$ sudo yum install -y epel-release curl
$ curl --fail -sSL -o setup-nodejs https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_0.10
$ sudo bash setup-nodejs
$ sudo yum install -y nodejs gcc-c++ make
$ sudo yum install -y epel-release curl
$ curl --fail -sSL -o setup-nodejs https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_4.x
$ sudo bash setup-nodejs
$ sudo yum install -y nodejs gcc-c++ make
$ sudo yum install -y epel-release curl
$ curl --fail -sSL -o setup-nodejs https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_8.9.4
$ sudo bash setup-nodejs
$ sudo yum install -y nodejs gcc-c++ make
Gentoo Please install from source from www.nodejs.org because the regular way (listed below) will probably install a newer version. 
$ sudo emerge nodejs
Arch Linux Please install from source from www.nodejs.org because the regular way (listed below) will probably install a newer version. 
$ sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
macOS Please download the Node.js macOS installer (version 0.1048.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 0.1048.x) from the Node.js download page.
Other operating systems Please install Node.js (version 0.1048.x) from source from www.nodejs.org.

When you are done, continue to the next step.

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