NodeJS (16.x LTS)

WebOS requires the latest stable version of NodeJS that is currently 16.x (LTS).

You must have NodeJS installed in order to work with WebOS react template. You can follow the following tutorial to install NodeJS on your device.

Installing NodeJS

Windows or MacOS

If you are already a Windows or MacOS user then congratulations. NodeJS have easy installers for you. To continue your installation please go to their official download page. Now select the proper installer depending on your device for Nodejs installation.

Once you have already downloaded the installer run the installer to install NodeJS on your device

Linux

Debian

sudo su
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs

Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Others

Please kindly check the offical guide of nodesource for other Linux distribustions

Verifying Installation

In order to verify that NodeJS is successfully installed on your device please run the following command on your device's terminal.

NodeJS Version:

node -v
# or
node --version

Output

v16.13.0

NPM Version:

npm -v
# or
npm --version

Output

8.1.0

If you get a valid output then congratulations NodeJS and NPM are successfully installed on your device. Now we can move on the next requirements Expo Cli