And this is the installation script we use:
set -e # don't ask question export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive # gnupg for apt-key # g++ for the node-red NPM package echo "installation of dependenicies" apt install -y --no-install-recommends wget curl gnupg g++ make # add unofficial NodeJS repository and install the nodejs # https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md#debmanual echo "Installation of nodejs and npm" wget -O - -q https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | apt-key add - echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x buster main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list apt update apt install -y --no-install-recommends nodejs # installation of npm curl https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | bash # Node-RED installation echo "Installation of node-red via npm" npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red # install the Node-RED systemd service echo "Setting up the Node-RED to be run via systemd" cp "${SCRIPT_FILES}/node-red.service" /etc/systemd/system systemctl enable node-red