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2 title: Try the latest stable version of node
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7 If you're experiencing issues while using a version of node which is unsupported or unstable (odd numbered versions e.g. 0.7.x, 0.9.x, 0.11.x), it's very possible your issue will be fixed by simply using the [LTS](https://github.com/nodejs/LTS) version of node.
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9 ## See what version of node you're running:
10
11 ```
12 node -v
13 ```
14
15 ### Updating node on Linux
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17 For some Linux distributions (Debian/Ubuntu and RedHat/CentOS), the latest node version provided by the distribution may lag behind the stable version. Here are [instructions from NodeSource](https://github.com/nodesource/distributions) on getting the latest node.
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19 ### Updating node on Windows
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21 Install the latest msi from [https://nodejs.org/en/download](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
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23 ### Updating node on OSX
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25 Install the latest package from [https://nodejs.org/en/download](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
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27 or if you are using [homebrew](http://brew.sh/)
28
29 ```
30 brew install node
31 ```
32
33 ### An easy way to stay up-to-date
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35 Node.js has lots of versions, and its development is very active. As a good practice to manage the various versions, we recommend that you use a version manager for your Node.js installation. There are many great options, here are a few:
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37 - [NVM](https://github.com/creationix/nvm)
38 - [nodist](https://github.com/marcelklehr/nodist)
39 - [n](https://github.com/tj/n)
40 - [nave](https://github.com/isaacs/nave)
41 - [nodebrew](https://github.com/hokaccha/nodebrew)