I need help I want someone to explain to me how can I install nodejs on my vps liunx server

[rare wolf]

I need help I want someone to explain to me how can I install nodejs on my vps liunx server
It also explains to me how I can download the project files and how I can run it
Detailed explanation step by step please because I am a beginner

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[elfin flicker]

Hi, have written this script among others:

https://github.com/JustBashing/NodeJSManager

[rare wolf]

@elfin flickerHow can I mount node on my server via putty

[elfin flicker]

Just execute this code:

wget https://github.com/JustBashing/NodeJSManager/raw/main/install.sh
bash install.sh --version 1

[rare wolf]

@elfin flicker thx

its working

How can I upload my own project and run it there @elfin flicker

[elfin flicker]

?

[rare wolf]

How do I upload my project
I mean files
index.js
package.json

And then how do I turn it on

Where do I write it npm start ?

[elfin flicker]

How to upload your project? Where?

[rare wolf]

I want to upload it to the server so that it works 24 hours

[elfin flicker]

Take Bitvise (https://dl.bitvise.com/BvSshClient-Inst.exe)

Is a SFTP and terminal client in one

[rare wolf]

@elfin flicker

What do I do now? I do a login

[elfin flicker]

Great! Go on New SFTP window

Then navigate to your project root

Left are the data of your computer, right of the server

[rare wolf]

this?

[elfin flicker]

👍

Enlarge the window

[elfin flicker]

Yeah, now to your project root

@rare wolf

[rare wolf]

@elfin flicker

This is the project, what do I do after I click on it

download it

[elfin flicker]

Hmm

[rare wolf]

I downloaded it how can I run it and write it for example
npm start index. js

[elfin flicker]

Run the following:

mv project /home
cd /home/project

[rare wolf]

in putty?

[elfin flicker]

Yes

[elfin flicker]

Create a package.json

scripts: {
    "start": "node index.js"
}

[rare wolf]

@elfin flicker

How can I download the latest version of node

[rare wolf]

Bto thx @elfin flicker 🫡❤️

[rare wolf]

@elfin flicker I need you for something else, my friend
How can I update node

I want it to be version 18

wget https://github.com/JustBashing/NodeJSManager/raw/main/install.sh
bash install.sh --version 1

When I write that, it downloads, but version 10, not 18 or 20

[rigid wyvern]

Try running this command
npm install -g npm@latest

[rare wolf]

@rigid wyvern Bro is not working

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[rare wolf]

npm command not found

[rigid wyvern]

apt install nodejs npm

[rigid wyvern]

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | bash - &&\ apt-get install -y nodejs

Source: [Github](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions#using-debian-as-root-2\)

[rare wolf]

thx

How can the code run 24 hours

[rigid wyvern]

I haven't done that myself, as I use the gameserver interface, but I'm pretty sure that there are plenty guides online.

[rare wolf]

Can you mention a friend of yours who knows how to do that?

[jovial walrus]

@rare wolf Use screen

[rare wolf]

what screen?

[jovial walrus]

Its a linux application

Sudo Apt update
Sudo apt install nodejs
Sudo apt install npm
Sudo apt install screen
Screen node index.js

[rare wolf]

@jovial walrus Thx

[elfin flicker]

This install NodeJS 20

[rigid wyvern]

Hey, is there further assistance needed?