How to Setup Node on WSL

NodeSetupWSL.md

DO NOT INSTALL NODE.JS FROM THE WEBSITE

If you happen to have previous installations, uninstall them before proceeding any further.

1. Do a manual install of NVM from here.

   Currently the instructions are:

   export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" && (
     git clone https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.git "$NVM_DIR"
     cd "$NVM_DIR"
     git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match "v[0-9]*" $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)`
   ) && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
   

2. Make Changes to /etc/profile by adding:

    export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
   

3. Verify your installation:

    command -v nvm
   

   It should output nvm

4. Install a node version. Preferably, a long term stable one and not the latest node version. Latest version is more likely to be buggy.

   DO: nvm install --lts and NOT: nvm install node

5. Verify Node and NPM installations: node --version and npm --version

6. Download any node extension pack from VSCode marketplace