Add npm setup script

run.sh

@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ function main () {
             echo -e "${text_blue}This may ask for your system password.${text_reset}"
             get_user_confirmation "${text_blue}This will also trigger a general system update. Is this okay?${text_reset}"
 
+            if [[ ${return_value} == true ]]
+            then
+                sudo ./setup_npm.sh
+            else
+                echo ""
+                echo -e "${text_blue}Cancelling Npm/NodeJs setup."
+                echo ""
+            fi
+
         elif [[ "${user_input}" == "0" ]]
         then
             # Exit program.
@@ -76,6 +85,7 @@ function main () {
             # Handle unrecognized input.
             echo ""
             echo -e "${text_red}Unrecognized selection.${text_reset}"
+            echo ""
         fi
 
 

src/setup_npm.sh

+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+###
+ # Fully install + update npm.
+ # Because the commands are annoying to remember if you don't use them regularly.
+ # Also as of 2020/2021-ish, it seems like certain machine/installation setups are
+ # buggy to update without this exact command ordering.
+ ##
+
+
+# Abort on error
+set -e
+
+
+# Import utility script.
+source $(dirname $0)/utils.sh
+
+
+
+###
+ # Program main.
+ ##
+function main () {
+
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "${text_blue}Installing/updating Npm & NodeJs.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "${text_blue}This will make sure your system has the latest LTS version.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "${text_blue}This may take a few minutes, depending on your system and connection...${text_reset}"
+    echo ""
+
+    # Make sure we are root.
+    check_is_user "root"
+
+    # Install base node/npm packages.
+    curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x -y > /dev/null 2>&1 | sudo -E bash -
+    apt-get update -y > /dev/null 2>&1
+    apt-get upgrade -y > /dev/null 2>&1
+    apt-get install nodejs -y > /dev/null 2>&1
+    apt-get install npm -y > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    # Note that at this point, depending on the system, this might provide an old/outdated version.
+    # So it's installed, but we have to do additional commands to get the proper latest version.
+    # Basically, we want to use npm's built-in version manager. So as long as we get ANY version of
+    # npm, then we can get to the proper version with said built-in version manager.
+
+    # Install NodeJs "version manager".
+    npm install -g n > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    # Verify we have the latest stable major version of npm.
+    n stable > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    # Try again to update to latest version of npm.
+    # This is usually unecessary, but required in some systems with certain configurations,
+    # Otherwise, it doesn't seem to *actually* get to the proper version until running commands again.
+    # Aka, this is a workaround for an obscure update bug in some systems.
+    npm install -g npm@latest > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    # Install update checker for npm.
+    npm install -g npm-check-updates > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    echo -e "${text_blue}NodeJs, Npm, and React dependencies installed.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "    ${text_purple}NodeJs Version${text_reset}:  $(node -v)"
+    echo -e "    ${text_purple}Npm Version${text_reset}:     $(npm -v)"
+    echo -e "    ${text_purple}React Version${text_reset}:   $(npm view react version)"
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "${text_blue}The npm-check-updates package has also been installed.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "${text_blue}This allows for quick package updating per-project.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "${text_blue}Run ${text_cyan}ncu${text_blue} to see what can upgrade.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "${text_blue}Run ${text_cyan}ncu -u${text_blue} to commit upgrades to project package.json file.${text_reset}"
+    echo -e "${text_blue}Run ${text_cyan}ncu <package_name>${text_blue} to upgrade only a single package.${text_reset}"
+    echo ""
+
+}
+
+
+main