Installing Node.js NES

Node.js NES can be installed in several ways. This guide highlights the most common and convenient methods.

Supported platforms

Supported NES Versions

• v12.22.12 (Trial)
• v14.21.3 (Trial)
• v14.21.5 (NES)
• v16.20.2 (Trial)
• v16.20.4 (NES)
• v18.20.6 (NES)

Release content

Depending on the supported architectures and platform, each release will contain a list of artifacts that looks like this:

node-v16.20.2-nes-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
node-v16.20.2-nes-darwin-arm64.tar.xz
node-v16.20.2-nes-darwin-x64.tar.gz
node-v16.20.2-nes-darwin-x64.tar.xz
node-v16.20.2-nes-headers.tar.gz
node-v16.20.2-nes-headers.tar.xz
node-v16.20.2-nes-linux-x64.tar.gz
node-v16.20.2-nes-linux-x64.tar.xz
node-v16.20.2-nes-win-x64.7z
node-v16.20.2-nes-win-x64.zip
node-v16.20.2-nes-x64.msi
node-v16.20.2-nes.tar.gz
node-v16.20.2-nes.tar.xz

The URL of an artifact in the registry should look like:

https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/nes/v16.20.2-nes/node-v16.20.2-nes-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

Using curl

To download the binary using `curl`, run the following command in your terminal:

curl -sL -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" <ARTIFACT_URL>

Using wget

Alternatively, you can use `wget` to download the binary. Run the following command in your terminal:

wget --header="Authorization: Bearer <token>" <ARTIFACT_URL>

Using NVM

NVM is a popular Node.js version manager, that supports NES. Run the following command in your terminal:

export NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://registry.nes.herodevs.com/nodejs/all/
export NVM_AUTH_HEADER="Bearer <token>"
nvm ls-remote # check all the available versions
nvm install v16.20.2-nes
nvm use v16.20.2-nes

Using Github Actions

It is possible to integrate the Node NES with Github actions, by using our action.

runs:
using: Use Node NES
  steps:
  - uses: neverendingsupport/setup-node-nes@v4
   with:
     node-version: 16-nes
     nes-registry-token: ${{ secrets.NES_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}