How would I get the latest version of node.js (16.x.x) installed on Debian (in a Docker container)
Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69446940/how-to-install-node-js-version-16-x-x-in-a-debian-based-image-dockerfile-why --- Date: Tuesday October 5th, 2021 Node 10.x was released on 2018-04-24 (but that's the default version when using apt-get) I have needs to have both Python and Node.js installed in running container. I can get the latest version of python in a container using: FROM python:alpine or FROM python:buster <== Debian based How do I get the latest version of node.js (16.10.0) installed on Debian (in a Docker container) Whe I do this: FROM python:buster RUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install -y \ nodejs npm I get these versions of node: node: 10.24.0 npm 5.8.0 and when run in the container give a long statement about no longer being unsupported. What's up with the package repo that 'apt-get' pulls from, that it will not install later versions of node (14.x or greater)? If I pull from: FROM python:alpine and include these lines RUN apk -v --no-cache --update add \ nodejs-current npm I will get node 16.x version, which makes it easy. I don't have to do anything else. Is there something equivalent for python:buster (Debian based) I would really like a one or two liner in my Dockerfile and not a pages of instructions with a dozen commands to simply get node in the image. I would appreciate any tested/proven reply. I am sure a number of others have the same question. Other stackoverflow articles on this subject are convoluted and do not provide the simple solution I am hoping to find that is available with pytyon:alpine There is a reason I need python:debian and cannot use python:alpine in this one use case, otherwise I would chose the latter. Is there a way some how to get a package repo maintainers attention to show me how to get a recent version (14..16), into the apt-get repository? It appears many people are having issues with this.
