In This Guide we'll go through a step by step process On How To use Node.js v16.X on replit.com

1. Execute this script on the shell to install node and configure npm.

npm i --save-dev node@16 && npm config set prefix=$(pwd)/node_modules/node && export PATH=$(pwd)/node_modules/node/bin:$PATH

Output:

And execute this to clean npm cache and reinstall the package.

rm -rf node_modules && rm package-lock.json && npm cache clear --force && npm cache clean --force && npm i

Output:

1. Create the .replit to execute node from the shell instead of the console.

run="npm start"

1. Make sure to add the start script in your package.json file

 "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js"
  }

1. Check Node Version:

   node -v
   

Output:

• You can also add all of it, in your package.json

"scripts": {
  "start": "node .",
  "node-update": "npm i --save-dev node@16 && npm config set prefix=$(pwd)/node_modules/node && export PATH=$(pwd)/node_modules/node/bin:$PATH",
  "node-clean": "rm -rf node_modules && rm package-lock.json && npm cache clear --force && npm cache clean --force && npm i",
  "node-update-then-clean": "npm run node-update && npm run node-clean-cache"
}

then run

npm run node-update-then-clean

1. (Optional) If you had packages like canvas or sqlite before, you need to re-install those packages

npm uninstall canvas && npm i canvas

Q: Does node version reset after you leave exit the repl or the repl restarted?

• A: No, when you check your node version in shell, it will still v12, but when you run your repl then console.log the process.version it will log the v16.

Q: Why it still log the node v14?

• A: If your using the repl bash, use the repl nodejs.

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