Date Posted: 08-05-2017<\/strong><\/p>\n We want two version of node version on a single server. Alternatives is an utility which can be used to install two version of any package.<\/p>\n Let’s start with node installation. We will use one normal apt-get to install node version and other one from source.<\/p>\n Install npm(node package manager)<\/p>\n After successful installation of both the package, verify the node version.<\/p>\n Now, install different version of node. 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<\/code>apt-get install nodejs<\/code><\/p>\napt-get install npm<\/code><\/p>\nnodejs -v<\/code><\/p>\nmkdir \/usr\/local\/bin\/node<\/code><\/p>\ncd \/usr\/local\/bin\/node<\/code><\/p>\nwget https:\/\/nodejs.org\/dist\/v5.0.0\/node-v5.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\ntar -xzf node-v5.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz<\/code><\/p>\nupdate-alternatives --install \"\/usr\/bin\/node\" \"node\" \"\/usr\/bin\/node\" 100<\/code><\/p>\nupdate-alternatives --install \"\/usr\/bin\/node\" \"node\" \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/nodes\/node-v5.0.0-linux-x64\/bin\/node\" 50<\/code><\/p>\nupdate-alternatives --config node<\/code><\/p>\nupdate-alternatives --install \"\/usr\/bin\/npm\" \"npm\" \"\/usr\/bin\/npm\" 100
\nupdate-alternatives --install \"\/usr\/bin\/npm\" \"npm\" \"\/usr\/local\/bin\/nodes\/node-v5.0.0-linux-x64\/bin\/npm\" 50<\/code><\/p>\nupdate-alternatives --config npm<\/code><\/p>\n