Force apt-get to install later version of nodejs

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I am on Debian 11, fully up to date (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade). I previously installed nodejs version 12.22, since that is what is in the Debian repo, like so:

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs
$ node -v
v12.22.5

However I want to use v14.18. I removed all traces of node version 12, like so:

$ sudo apt-get remove --purge nodejs

And then added the PPA for nodejs using https://github.com/nodesource/distributions:

$ curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x -o nodesource_setup_14_lts.sh
$ sudo bash nodesource_setup_14_lts.sh

I can see that it has added the new PPA under /etc/apt/sources.list.d/:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list 
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x bullseye main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x bullseye main
$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease
Hit:2 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease
Hit:4 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x bullseye InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

But now when I go to install nodejs it still uses version 12 :(

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs --dry-run
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nodejs
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Inst nodejs (12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1 Debian:11.1/stable, Debian-Security:11/stable-security [i386])
Conf nodejs (12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1 Debian:11.1/stable, Debian-Security:11/stable-security [i386])

It seems that apt-get is not using the new PPA to decide the version of nodejs to install. How can I install v14.18 systemwide?

Edit

Note that I am using a 32-bit machine:

$ uname -m
i686

When I do the above procedure on my other 64 bit machine it works fine and it installs version 14.18 from the PPA.

Extra requested information:

$ apt-cache policy nodejs
nodejs:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1
  Version table:
     12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1 500
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian bullseye/main i386 Packages
        500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security/main i386 Packages

when I look on the side, I can not find 32-bit packages. apt-cache policy nodejs please. — nobody
– nobody, Commented Oct 23, 2021 at 11:04
@nobody as you noted, i am using a 32 bit computer. i will update the question with additional information — mulllhausen
– mulllhausen, Commented Oct 25, 2021 at 10:57
I'm not an expert, maybe it is possible to crosscompile it on your 64-bit system. — nobody
– nobody, Commented Oct 25, 2021 at 11:16

GAD3R · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-25 11:22:36Z

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i386 builds has been dropped . See Available architectures

NodeSource will continue to maintain the following architectures and may add additional ones in the future.

amd64 (64-bit)
armhf (ARM 32-bit hard-float, ARMv7 and up: arm-linux-gnueabihf)
arm64 (ARM 64-bit, ARMv8 and up: aarch64-linux-gnu)

You have to install nodejs from debian repositories instead of node repo.

answered Oct 25, 2021 at 11:22

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