Node.js development tools on WSL2

Last update: 7 Mar 2023

If you want to develop Node.js applications using WSL2 and VSCode, you need to install all required tools on the WSL Linux distribution (not on Windows!).

NVM

To install Node.js and related tools on the WSL, there are many opetions but I suggest to use nvm, a Node version manager.

To install the latest Node LTS version, run the following command:

nvm install --lts