What tends to work best is to use the LTS only if we are running node as a server, and use the latest version for the command line tooling.
Command line tools very quickly break with the long term support versions. If this is still the case, or the npm website is blocked, you can still download node and npm as a zip file and install it manually.įor that, head over to the following URL and download the version you need: įor tooling its better to download the latest version, and not the long term support version. This is because the installer tried to make an entry in the registry and this is typically forbidden in most companies. If you are installing node and don't have admin rights, at least a while ago this was not possible using the download link on their site. How to install node and npm on Windows without admin rights