We assume that you have a fundamental idea of how to set up the node environment. We will cover setting up the node environment at a high level. There are various popular ways of installing node and npm on any OS. Some prefer the installer, and some prefer the geeky way of doing it through the installer. For any novice user, I would suggest using the installer.
Get the appropriate installer for your OS from https://nodejs.org/en/download/.
Once the node is installed, verify the installation by executing the following two commands. It should print their versions:
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