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I used Homebrew to install Node on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS:

brew install node

I'd like to use NodeJS version 18.8.0 or higher up to <20.0.0.

I therefore ran:

nvm install 18.18.2

However, I can't seem to get my desired NodeJS version:

user@server:~/test$ nvm use 18.18.2
Now using node v18.18.2 (npm v10.9.2)
user@server:~/test$ nvm --version
0.40.1
user@server:~/test$ node --version
v23.7.0

Here is the list of install NVM versions:

user@server:~/test$ nvm ls
       v14.15.5
       v16.20.2
       v18.18.2
->       system

default -> node (-> v18.18.2)
iojs -> N/A (default)
unstable -> N/A (default)
node -> stable (-> v18.18.2) (default)
stable -> 18.18 (-> v18.18.2) (default)
lts/* -> lts/jod (-> N/A)
lts/argon -> v4.9.1 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.17.1 (-> N/A)
lts/carbon -> v8.17.0 (-> N/A)
lts/dubnium -> v10.24.1 (-> N/A)
lts/erbium -> v12.22.12 (-> N/A)
lts/fermium -> v14.21.3 (-> N/A)
lts/gallium -> v16.20.2
lts/hydrogen -> v18.20.7 (-> N/A)
lts/iron -> v20.18.3 (-> N/A)
lts/jod -> v22.14.0 (-> N/A)
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  • 16.04 EOL March 2021 ... get something current/maintained? Commented Feb 21 at 7:39
  • @tink not an option Commented Feb 21 at 7:39
  • Why is that? I mean ... no security updates in 4 almost years? Is that an embedded system never exposed to the great unwashed? Commented Feb 21 at 7:55
  • @tink sometimes got to work on old OS, that's life, not doing it for fun Commented Feb 21 at 7:56

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The following fixed the issue:

brew uninstall node
brew install nvm
nvm use 18.18.2
brew install glibc
echo 'export PATH="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/glibc/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
echo 'export PATH="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/glibc/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

Now I get:

user@server:~/horizon/hz$ node --version
v18.20.6

Note: I first tried to solve the issue by running

brew uninstall node
brew install node@18

but that gave me the error:

node: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.25' not found (required by node)
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