config.md

Install nodejs ^16.0.0

You may need to remove old versions of nodejs

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* ~/.npm
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node*

sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm
sudo apt autoremove

Dowload the latest binary from the official nodejs site.

tar -xf node-v#.#.#-linux-x64.tar.xz
sudo mv node-v#.#.#-linux-x64/bin/* /usr/local/bin/
sudo mv node-v#.#.#-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/ /usr/local/lib/

Verify your installation.

node -v
npm -v

Make sure to install the latest stable Node version to avoid errors while installing node_modules

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable

Install yarn

npm install --global yarn
yarn --version

Add node-gyp & libtool

sudo npm install -g node-gyp
sudo apt update
sudo apt install autoconf automake g++ libtool libtool-bin

Increase the Max Memory for Node and for nodejs version newer than 16

To avoid the FATAL ERROR: Reached heap limit Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memory run the following command:

export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192 --openssl-legacy-provider"

Or to make it permanent:

echo "export NODE_OPTIONS='--max-old-space-size=8192 --openssl-legacy-provider'" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc