Install nodejs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from tar Binaries or NodeSource

Install nodejs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from tar

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Download Linux Binaries

First of all you need to download nodejs Linux Binaries that are available from nodejs.org downloads.

For example:

You have downloaded the file to your desktop and the name of the file is node-v6.9.5-linux-x64.tar.xz . Now open your terminal from Desktop. If you open terminal from anywhere else then relocate to Desktop using cd command.

If you do not have xz-utils installed then run the following command: 

sudo apt-get install xz-utils

After that run the command below:

sudo tar -C /usr/local --strip-components 1 -xJf node-v6.9.5-linux-x64.tar.xz

Be careful about the file name (red marked).

After that, to check if you are done run this command:

node -v

You should get the version number of currently installed node.