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+---
+title: install
+section: 5
+description: Download and install node and npm
+---
+
+### Description
+
+To publish and install packages to and from the public npm registry, you
+must install Node.js and the npm command line interface using either a Node
+version manager or a Node installer. **We strongly recommend using a Node
+version manager to install Node.js and npm.** We do not recommend using a
+Node installer, since the Node installation process installs npm in a
+directory with local permissions and can cause permissions errors when you
+run npm packages globally.
+
+### Overview
+
+- [Checking your version of npm and
+  Node.js](#checking-your-version-of-npm-and-nodejs)
+- [Using a Node version manager to install Node.js and
+  npm](#using-a-node-version-manager-to-install-nodejs-and-npm)
+- [Using a Node installer to install Node.js and
+  npm](#using-a-node-installer-to-install-nodejs-and-npm)
+
+### Checking your version of npm and Node.js
+
+To see if you already have Node.js and npm installed and check the
+installed version, run the following commands:
+
+```
+node -v
+npm -v
+```
+
+### Using a Node version manager to install Node.js and npm
+
+Node version managers allow you to install and switch between multiple
+versions of Node.js and npm on your system so you can test your
+applications on multiple versions of npm to ensure they work for users on
+different versions.  You can
+[search for them on GitHub](https://github.com/search?q=node+version+manager+archived%3Afalse&type=repositories&ref=advsearch).
+
+### Using a Node installer to install Node.js and npm
+
+If you are unable to use a Node version manager, you can use a Node
+installer to install both Node.js and npm on your system.
+
+* [Node.js installer](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
+* [NodeSource installer](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions). If
+  you use Linux, we recommend that you use a NodeSource installer.
+
+#### OS X or Windows Node installers
+
+If you're using OS X or Windows, use one of the installers from the
+[Node.js download page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/). Be sure to
+install the version labeled **LTS**. Other versions have not yet been
+tested with npm.
+
+#### Linux or other operating systems Node installers
+
+If you're using Linux or another operating system, use one of the following
+installers:
+
+- [NodeSource installer](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions)
+  (recommended)
+- One of the installers on the [Node.js download
+  page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
+
+Or see [this page](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/) to
+install npm for Linux in the way many Linux developers prefer.
+
+#### Less-common operating systems
+
+For more information on installing Node.js on a variety of operating
+systems, see [this page][pkg-mgr].
+
+[pkg-mgr]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/