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Rae Liu
Rae Liu

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How to setup node.js application on Windows

#node #npm #webdev #tips

If you are a Mac user, then Homebrew is the best way to add packages.

But if you have a Windows machine, then there are two package managers that I recommend Chocolatey or Scoop.

Chocolatey (with LTS version)

  1. Run Windows Powershell as administrator
  2. Run command 
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
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  1. Reopen the Powershell
  2. Install the LTS version 
choco install nodejs-lts --version=VERSION_NUMBER
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  1. Reopen the Powershell, and run the command below to test 
node -v
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Scoop (with nvm)

  1. Run Command Prompt or Windows Powershell as administrator
  2. Run command 
Invoke-Expression (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://get.scoop.sh')
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  1. Reopen the powershell
  2. Install nodejs package and nvm 
scoop install nodejs nvm
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  1. install node version and use it 
nvm install VERSION_NUMBER
nvm use VERSION_NUMBER
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  1. Repoen the Powershell, and test by using command 
node -v
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If you have an error to install Chocolatey or Scoop

Please check the execution policy on Powershell.

Chocolatey

Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
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or

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
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Scoop

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -scope CurrentUser
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Brian Christner •

Awesome. thanks for these tips. Helped a ton fix some Docker issues I was having installing node in windows

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