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tags: Saving [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]] Windows Mac Linux
title: Installing TiddlyWiki on Node.js
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<<.warning "If you are using Debian or Debian-based Linux and you are receiving a `node: command not found` error though node.js package is installed, you may need to create a symbolic link between `nodejs` and `node`. Consult your distro's manual and `whereis` to correctly create a link. See github [[issue 1434|http://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5/issues/1434]]. <br><br>Example Debian v8.0: `sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node`">>
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<<.tip "You can also install prior versions like this: <br><code> npm install -g tiddlywiki@5.1.13</code>">>
<<.tip "You can also install prior versions like this: <br><code> npm install -g tiddlywiki@5.1.13</code><br>Note: this will overwrite the installed version rather than installing it alongside.">>
!! Installing multiple Node.js verions alongside
There are multiple options:
!!! Local install
```
mkdir -p /home/user/opt/tiddlywiki-5.1.13 && cd "$_" # works in Bash
npm install tiddlywiki@5.1.13
```
This installs the given version in the current directory, at the expense of taking some extra disk space. The binary is in `node_modules/.bin/tiddlywiki` (relative to the current directory). For convenience, it is possible to create a symlink (in Linux) containing explicit version number in the name, like this:
```
ln -s /home/user/opt/tiddlywiki-5.1.13/node_modules/.bin/tiddlywiki /home/user/bin/tiddlywiki-5.1.13
```
Having `~/bin` in `PATH` environment variable (usually at the beginning of it), makes it possible to start this version of TiddlyWiki as simple as `tiddlywiki-5.1.13`.
!!! Use `npx`
To run another version without overwriting the currently installed version, use npx:
```
npx tiddlywiki@5.3.8 --version
```
<<.warning "This comes with a security risk, since it downloads and executes a package from the internet. See https://talk.tiddlywiki.org/t/tiddlywiki-docs-gettingstarted-node-js/15423/4">>
!!! Run directly from the source code repository
# clone https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5/ locally
# checkout any version (using `git checkout` or `git switch` for modern versions of Git)
# set up a link or a shell script for it