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title: Running on Raspberry Pi
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From June 2018 Node-RED can be installed from the Pi Menu - Preferences - Recommended Software application installed on the Raspbian SD card image that can be downloaded from [RaspberryPi.org](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/). If installed in this manner it can be upgraded either by using `sudo apt-get upgrade` or using the script below.
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Once the script below has been run, you should upgrade by re-running the script.
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If you decide to stick with apt to install npm then you must upgrade it to the latest by `sudo npm i -g npm` before adding any extra nodes.
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The recommended way to install Node-RED on Pi is to use our script below, however Node-RED can be installed from the Recommended Software application installed on the Raspbian SD card image that can be downloaded from [RaspberryPi.org](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/). If installed in this manner it is recommended to upgrade by using the script below.
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If you decide to not to use the script, and stick with apt to install Node-RED, then you **must** manually install npm and then upgrade it to the latest level by `sudo apt-get install npm && sudo npm i -g npm` before installing any extra nodes.
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You can upgrade Node-RED by re-running the script.
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### Install / Upgrade
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On really minimal Debian installs you may want to `sudo apt-get install build-essential` before running the script so that the serialport builds and installs OK. This is optional.
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**Note:** Once you have used this script to upgrade, you cannot use apt-get to upgrade the pre-installed version of Node-RED.
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#### Script Description
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Nodes can be now be managed via the built in palette manager. However the default Pi install pre-loads some
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