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1. Open Terminal

2. Install NodeJS from NodeSource:

   curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
   sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
   

   • You might need to install curl as well:

     sudo apt install curl
     

3. Install other dependencies:

   Linux requires the X11 developement libraries and libpng to build native Node modules.

   sudo apt install git python3 g++ libx11-dev libxtst-dev libpng-dev
   

Notes 

• To build RPMs, you need rpmbuild:

  sudo apt install rpm