How to install Node.js and NPM on a Chromebook

Installing Node.js

Download the Node.js from this website
Navigate to the Downloads folder from the command line:

cd ~/Downloads

Extract the downloaded node package:

tar xf node*.tar.xz

Navigate to the extracted bin file:

cd node*
cd bin

Copy the node file under/usr/local/bin/ (create the bin folder if it doesn’t exist):

cp node /usr/local/bin/

You should be able to see node version now:

node -v

eg.: v8.11.2

Installing npm

Now navigate to the npm folder:

cd ..
cd lib/node_modules/npm/scripts

And install npm:

sudo sh install.sh

Verify that you have npm installed:

npm -v

eg.: 6.0.1