Install nodejs v20 on Debian and Ubuntu based distributions

step 1 : Download and import the Nodesource GPG key

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource-repo.gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg

step 2 : Create deb repository

NODE_MAJOR=20
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_$NODE_MAJOR.x nodistro main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list

optional: here we are installing nodejs v20 but if you want to install v18 change NODE_MAJOR=18 in above command. Similarly if you want to install nodejs v16 then change NODE_MAJOR=16.

step 3 : Run Update and Install

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs -y

congratulations you just installed nodejs

To uninstall nodejs

sudo apt-get purge nodejs &&\
rm -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list &&\
rm -r /etc/apt/keyrings/nodesource.gpg

uninstalling snap curl and installing apt install resolved this for me as well,

sudo snap remove curl
sudo apt install curl
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
nvm install node