Basically, when I install the latest version on Ubuntu, it thinks that I have packages I don't need but need and don't have:
root@bcs-desktop:/home/administrator/direwolf# apt-get install -y nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
nodejs is already the newest version (12.4.0-1nodesource1).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
gyp libc-ares2 libjs-inherits libjs-is-typedarray libssl-dev libuv1 libuv1-dev node-abbrev node-ajv node-ansi node-ansi-align node-ansi-regex node-ansi-styles node-ansistyles node-aproba node-archy node-are-we-there-yet node-asn1 node-assert-plus node-asynckit node-aws-sign2
node-aws4 node-balanced-match node-bcrypt-pbkdf node-bluebird node-boxen node-brace-expansion node-builtin-modules node-builtins node-cacache node-call-limit node-camelcase node-caseless node-chalk node-chownr node-cli-boxes node-cliui node-clone node-co node-color-convert
node-color-name node-combined-stream node-concat-map node-concat-stream node-config-chain node-console-control-strings node-copy-concurrently node-core-util-is node-cross-spawn node-cyclist node-dashdash node-decamelize node-decompress-response node-deep-extend node-defaults
node-delayed-stream node-delegates node-detect-indent node-detect-newline node-duplexer3 node-duplexify node-ecc-jsbn node-editor node-encoding node-end-of-stream node-errno node-escape-string-regexp node-execa node-extend node-extsprintf node-find-up node-flush-write-stream
node-forever-agent node-form-data node-from2 node-fs-vacuum node-fs-write-stream-atomic node-fs.realpath node-gauge node-get-caller-file node-get-stream node-getpass node-glob node-got node-graceful-fs node-har-schema node-har-validator node-has-flag node-has-symbol-support-x
node-has-to-string-tag-x node-has-unicode node-hosted-git-info node-http-signature node-iconv-lite node-iferr node-import-lazy node-imurmurhash node-inflight node-inherits node-ini node-invert-kv node-is-builtin-module node-is-npm node-is-object node-is-plain-obj
node-is-retry-allowed node-is-stream node-is-typedarray node-isarray node-isexe node-isstream node-isurl node-jsbn node-json-parse-better-errors node-json-schema node-json-stable-stringify node-json-stringify-safe node-jsonify node-jsonparse node-jsonstream node-jsprim
node-latest-version node-lazy-property node-lcid node-libnpx node-locate-path node-lockfile node-lowercase-keys node-lru-cache node-mem node-mime-types node-mimic-fn node-mimic-response node-minimatch node-minimist node-mississippi node-mkdirp node-move-concurrently
node-mute-stream node-node-uuid node-nopt node-normalize-package-data node-npm-package-arg node-npm-run-path node-npmlog node-oauth-sign node-object-assign node-once node-opener node-os-locale node-osenv node-p-cancelable node-p-finally node-p-limit node-p-locate node-p-timeout
node-package-json node-parallel-transform node-path-exists node-path-is-absolute node-path-is-inside node-performance-now node-prepend-http node-process-nextick-args node-promise-inflight node-promzard node-proto-list node-prr node-pump node-pumpify node-punycode node-qs
node-qw node-rc node-read node-read-package-json node-readable-stream node-registry-auth-token node-registry-url node-request node-require-directory node-require-main-filename node-resolve-from node-retry node-rimraf node-run-queue node-safe-buffer node-semver node-semver-diff
node-set-blocking node-sha node-shebang-command node-shebang-regex node-signal-exit node-slash node-slide node-sorted-object node-spdx-correct node-spdx-expression-parse node-spdx-license-ids node-sshpk node-ssri node-stream-each node-stream-iterate node-stream-shift
node-string-decoder node-string-width node-strip-ansi node-strip-eof node-strip-json-comments node-supports-color node-tar node-term-size node-text-table node-through node-through2 node-timed-out node-tough-cookie node-tunnel-agent node-tweetnacl node-typedarray node-uid-number
node-unique-filename node-unpipe node-url-parse-lax node-url-to-options node-util-deprecate node-uuid node-validate-npm-package-license node-validate-npm-package-name node-verror node-wcwidth.js node-which node-which-module node-wide-align node-widest-line node-wrap-ansi
node-wrappy node-write-file-atomic node-xdg-basedir node-xtend node-y18n node-yallist node-yargs node-yargs-parser
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@bcs-desktop:/home/administrator/direwolf# sudo apt install npm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
npm : Depends: node-abbrev (>= 1.1.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ansi-regex (>= 3.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ansistyles (>= 0.1.3~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-aproba (>= 1.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-archy (>= 1.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-cacache (>= 10.0.4~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-bluebird (>= 3.5.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-call-limit (>= 1.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-chownr (>= 1.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-config-chain (>= 1.1.11~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-detect-indent (>= 5.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-detect-newline (>= 2.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-editor (>= 1.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-fs-vacuum (>= 1.2.10~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-fs-write-stream-atomic (>= 1.0.10~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-glob (>= 7.1.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-graceful-fs (>= 4.1.11~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-has-unicode (>= 2.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-hosted-git-info (>= 2.6~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-iferr (>= 0.1.5~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-inflight (>= 1.0.6~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-inherits (>= 2.0.3~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ini (>= 1.3.5~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-npm-package-arg but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-promzard but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-jsonstream (>= 1.3.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-json-parse-better-errors (>= 1.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-lazy-property (>= 1.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-libnpx (>= 10.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-lockfile (>= 1.0.3~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-lru-cache (>= 4.1.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-mississippi (>= 3.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-mkdirp (>= 0.3.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-move-concurrently (>= 1.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-nopt but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-normalize-package-data (>= 2.4~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-gyp (>= 3.6.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-resolve-from (>= 4.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-encoding but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-errno but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-npmlog (>= 4.1.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-once (>= 1.4~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-opener (>= 1.4.3~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-osenv (>= 0.1.5~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-path-is-inside (>= 1.0.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-promise-inflight (>= 1.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ansi but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-qw (>= 1.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-read (>= 1.0.7~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-read-package-json (>= 2.0.13~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-request (>= 2.83~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-retry (>= 0.10.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-rimraf (>= 2.6.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-safe-buffer (>= 5.1.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-semver (>= 5.5~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-sha (>= 2.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-slide (>= 1.1.6~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-sorted-object (>= 2.0.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-from2 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-stream-iterate but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ssri (>= 5.2.4~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-strip-ansi (>= 4.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-tar (>= 4.4~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-text-table (>= 0.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-uid-number (>= 0.0.6~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-unique-filename (>= 1.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-unpipe (>= 1.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-boxen (>= 1.2.1~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-import-lazy but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-is-npm (>= 1.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-latest-version (>= 3.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-semver-diff (>= 2.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-xdg-basedir (>= 3.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-validate-npm-package-name (>= 3.0~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-which (>= 1.3~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-wrappy (>= 1.0.2~) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-write-file-atomic (>= 2.3~) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Basically, when I install the latest version on Ubuntu, it thinks that I have packages I don't need but need and don't have: