Execute the following commands in the given order:
push ~/Downloads
wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.15.3/node-v14.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz
xz -dc node-v14.15.3-linux-x64.tar.xz | tar -xvf - -C ~
echo export PATH=\${PATH}:~/node-v14.15.3-linux-x64/bin >> ~/.bashrc
This will, essentially download the current Node.JS package, extracts it to the Home directory and appends it’s binary path to the environment.
After closing and opening the Terminal again, you can simply run node:
