*To use and alternate version such as 7, change "8" to "7", further instructions available for various distributions: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions
## Install/Update Nodejs/npm to stable/latest release version:
Node comes with npm pre-installed, but the manager is updated more frequently than Node. Run npm -v to see which version you have, then npm install npm@latest -g to install the newest npm update. Run npm -v again if you want to make sure npm updated correctly.
To update Node, you’ll need npm’s handy n module. Run this code to clear npm’s cache, install n, and install the latest stable version of Node:
```bash
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install npm@latest -g
sudo npm install n -g
sudo n stable
```
*To install the latest release, use `n latest`. Alternatively, you can run n #.#.# to get a specific Node version.
