how to Install nodejs on a chromebook

Shell
step 1: open a termnal
step 2: type the folowing Into a termnal
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl gnupg -y
curl -sl https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

this installs nodeJS v13.12.0
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