[ERROR] Node.js 18 on Ubuntu 22.04 Installation fail

[FelipeSavazii]

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Distribution Information:

• OS: Ubuntu
• Version: 22.04.03 LTS

Node Version:

• Node: Node.js v18.19

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Execute Installation instructions for Node.js v18.19 on "https://github.com/nodesource/distributions" to Ubuntu:
2. Run sudo apt-get install nodejs -y

Expected behavior
An error when unpack nodejs:

Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_18.19.0-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (18.19.0-1nodesource1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_18.19.0-1nodesource1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/include/node/common.gypi', which is also in package libnode-dev 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_18.19.0-1nodesource1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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[FelipeSavazii]

Sorry for my bad English 😭

[Vasiharan]

I am also getting this error

[JesusPaz]

Try removing all the nodejs packages present in your system:

sudo apt-get remove --purge nodejs libnode-dev
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean

then install the version you need:

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs