This is not a step-by-step guide, but more of an overview that can help you stitch together the detailed step-by-step guides out there. Overview Install nodejs and npm packages from your distribution’s package manager. I’ll call this “System nodejs”. You’ll need sudo to interact with it. Install n, a node version manager, into System nodejs. Use n to install nodejs versions into your user space. For these versions, you don’t need sudo. Steps I’m running Pop!_OS 21.04, which is e...