This repository serves as the connection between /download/, where releases are published, and the Canonical Snap toolchain that builds the snaps ( Launchpad) and publishes them ( Snapcraft).

The pipeline from releases to the Snap store is complicated and involves many moving pieces. Sudo snap install node -classic -channel=edge So select a supported Node.js version and install with: For Node.js, the channel names are the major-version number of Node.js. If you do not have it installed, follow the instructions on snapcraft to install snapd. The snap command ships with Ubuntu and is available to be installed in most popular Linux distributions. Once initially installed, new versions of Node.js for the release line you've chosen are automatically updated to your computer within hours of their release on. They are automatically built and pushed for each supported release line and nightly versions straight from the master branch. The Snap managed from this repository is available as node from the Snap store and contains the Node.js runtime, along with the two most widely-used package managers, npm and Yarn. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, the app store for Linux with an audience of millions. App packages for desktop, cloud and IoT that are easy to install, secure, cross‐platform and dependency‐free.

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