Node.js Is Now Available as a Snap on Ubuntu, Other GNU/Linux Distributions | Linux Today

Node.js Is Now Available as a Snap on Ubuntu, Other GNU/Linux Distributions

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Marius Nestor
Mar 23, 2018

Now that Linux is the preferred development platform for developers visiting Stack Overflow, the need for running the latest versions of your favorite programming languages, frameworks and development environments has become more and more important, and Canonical’s Snappy technologies are the answer.

NodeSource, the organization behind Node.js, announced today they made a Snap package to allow Linux developers to more easily install the popular JavaScript runtime environment on their operating systems. Snap is a containerized, universal binary package format developed by Canonical for Ubuntu Linux.

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Marius Nestor

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