How to Install Node.js and Npm on Windows 10/Windows 11
With Node.js being a popular runtime environment for JavaScript applications and various tools, it is no wonder that you need to install Node.js on your Windows machine. This tutorial will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to do that.
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4 min readNov 26, 2021
From where to download Node.js?
If you point your browser to https://nodejs.org/, you will be offered the following options:
So which Node.js version to install? For most use-cases, the LTS (Long Term Support) version is the safest way to ensure that whatever you are trying to run will actually work.
The current version may contain new features or breaking changes and quite often it breaks many tools, even if they are actively maintained.
So click on the LTS version to download the Node.js MSI for Windows.
From where to download npm?
Npm (or the Node Package Manager) already comes bundled with your Node.js download, so you don’t need to install anything else.
