sudo apt-get install npm
npm install -g tree-sitter-cli
which tree-sitter
If this doesn't work, use nvm. Check for newer versions.
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
nvm install 20
npx tree-sitter-cli --version
Maybe adding node_modules to path is needed.
export PATH=$PATH:./node_modules/.bin