# Installation Current (2021-2022) LTS [release](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/) is Node.js 16, codename Gallium. For Debian, Ubuntu and others "[Installing Node.js via package manager](https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/)" is the preferred option. For Debian and Ubuntu, [NODESOURCE](https://nodesource.com/) provides packages, see the [Installation instructions](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md#debinstall).