I generally recommend using nvm [1] to install Node, it's certainly a painless way to get Node 5, then it's also easy to switch version later, or maybe downgrad

I generally recommend using nvm [1] to install Node, it's certainly a painless way to get Node 5, then it's also easy to switch version later, or maybe downgrade to the LTS when you're doing 'work work' (`nvm use 4`). Just remember to set a default, e.g. if you're mostly using Node for Phoenix: `nvm alias default 5`. It also sets up your global modules directory so that you don't need sudo to install global modules like gulp-cli (should you need any, though it's quite rare that you do nowadays). [1] https://github.com/creationix/nvm https://github.com/creationix/nvm