The latest articles on DEV Community by Hardev Singh (@fullstackhardev). https://dev.to/fullstackhardev https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1294205%2F28208f28-9621-4cfd-af08-69849d1762da.png https://dev.to/fullstackhardev en Hardev Singh Sat, 13 Jul 2024 21:31:32 +0000 https://dev.to/fullstackhardev/how-to-add-new-node-version-to-laragon-5hjh https://dev.to/fullstackhardev/how-to-add-new-node-version-to-laragon-5hjh <blockquote> <p>It is very easy and straight-forward to add new node version into your Laragon.<br> In this blog, I’m currently having Node 16.13.1 installed &amp; we will be installing latest Node 20 version, let’s do it together.</p> </blockquote> <p>Steps to add new or any Node version are following:</p> <ol> <li>Lets download the <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/download/" rel="noopener noreferrer">node binary</a> you want to install from Node’s official website. (<a href="https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.11.1/node-v20.11.1-win-x64.zip" rel="noopener noreferrer">Direct download link for latest version 20</a>)</li> <li>For older versions, you can find your specific version <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li> <li>Extract the downloaded file.</li> <li>Move the extracted folder into <code>C:\laragon\bin\nodejs</code>. You folder structure should look like below: <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fofl3ypr3lc5dsfvpoyu6.png" alt="Image description" width="661" height="210"> </li> <li><p>Now you can right click on Laragon app icon from task bar, then you can choose your new Node version.<br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fn45nnkucqokrnkbpy30v.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fn45nnkucqokrnkbpy30v.png" alt="Image description" width="683" height="348"></a></p></li> <li><p>After choosing newer version, open Laragon app by doing single click on Laragon icon from taskbar.</p></li> <li><p>Now click on Stop, then click on Start All to initate Laragon with our new NodeJs version.</p></li> <li><p>Now to verify, open Terminal or Cmder from Laragon app &amp; enter the below command<br> </p></li> </ol> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>node -v </code></pre> </div> <p>Here you will see your new node version like below:<br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fr9ro0c66nrgruvh1rw3c.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fr9ro0c66nrgruvh1rw3c.png" alt="Image description" width="720" height="365"></a></p> <p>I hope this process is very simple and straight forward for everyone, if anyone is having any problem, you can comment on this post and I will help you upgrade your Node version.</p> <p>For more tech or development related blog posts, follow me.</p> <p>Thanks for reading this post.</p> <p>Hardev Singh<br> Full Stack Developer<br> <a href="https://fullstackhardev.com?utm_source=dev.to">https://fullstackhardev.com</a></p> programming javascript softwareengineering webdev