[ERROR] Node.js 18 and 20 versions are not updated

[orgads]

Describe your bug
Node versions are not updated for long time. 18.x is stuck on 18.17.1, and 20.x is stuck on 20.5.1.

It's been more than 3 months since the release of 20.5.1, and about 2 months since 20.6.0.

For 18.x, 3 months since 18.17.1 and almost 2 months since 18.18.0.

Is this project still maintained?

Distribution Information:

• OS: Ubuntu lunar (23.04) and Debian bookworm

Node Version:

• Node: 18.x, 20.x

[pomeo]

What's in your file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list?

[jgottlander]

I have a similar problem, that I think is related.
I've added the repository from nodesource, but when I try to install nodejs via apt, it installs the version provided with bookworm, which is 18.13.
when I type apt show nodejs -al it lists all available version, also from nodesource. But somehow the Debian package has higher priority when installing.

[jgottlander]

I have a similar problem, that I think is related. I've added the repository from nodesource, but when I try to install nodejs via apt, it installs the version provided with bookworm, which is 18.13. when I type apt show nodejs -al it lists all available version, also from nodesource. But somehow the Debian package has higher priority when installing.

I remembered that I had set a custom priority for the stable repo to 900, from when installing firefox from unstable. I uncommented the setting and it installed nodejs version 20 as wanted.

[orgads]

What's in your file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list?

Ubuntu:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x lunar main

Debian:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x bookworm main

[pomeo]

What's in your file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list?

Ubuntu:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x lunar main

Debian:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x bookworm main

They no longer use the name of the distribution, you need to change to nodistro
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro main

[orgads]

Ok, I just found out that the updated distro should be nodistro.

I changed it and it looks good now.

Notice that the gpg instructions on https://deb.nodesource.com don't work on Debian testing. The gpg file should be stored in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/nodesource.gpg, and there's no need to specify it in signed-by.

[orgads]

Is it possible to change the old ones to be symbolic links to nodistro?

[angryziber]

I have just realized that my node wasn't updated for several months. Definitely, symlinks should be there for backwards-compatibility

[MartinEmrich]

I have just realized that my node wasn't updated for several months. Definitely, symlinks should be there for backwards-compatibility

Either that, or please delete the old distro-specific distributions, so running apt-get update will present an error to act on. This way, I bet many will be stuck on old (possibly error-prone) versions for a long time, thinking they are running the latest version.