Update Node cleanly.

update-node.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

ARCH="linux-x64"
BASE_URL="https://nodejs.org/download/release"

log() {
  echo -e "\033[1;32m==>\033[0m $1"
}

err() {
  echo -e "\033[1;31m[ERROR]\033[0m $1" >&2
}

log "Fetching latest current Node.js version..."
VERSION=$(wget -qO- "$BASE_URL/index.json" \
  | jq -r '[.[] | select(.lts == false)][0].version') || { err "Failed to fetch Node.js version"; exit 1; }

log "Installing Node.js $VERSION for $ARCH..."

TARBALL="node-${VERSION}-${ARCH}.tar.xz"

log "Downloading $TARBALL..."
wget -q "$BASE_URL/$VERSION/$TARBALL" || { err "Download failed"; exit 1; }

log "Extracting Node.js..."
tar -xf "$TARBALL"

## log "Stopping xx.service..."
## Here you stop any services that depend on Node.js

log "Installing to /usr/local..."
sudo cp -r "node-${VERSION}-${ARCH}"/{bin,include,lib,share} /usr/local/

## log "Restarting xx.service..."
## Here reatart the services that depend on Node

log "Cleaning up..."
rm -rf "node-${VERSION}-${ARCH}" "$TARBALL"

log "Installed versions:"
echo -n "  - node: " && node -v
echo -n "  - npm: " && npm -v

log "Updating npm globally..."
sudo npm install -g npm || err "npm update failed"

log "✅ Done."