Building newer nodejs binaries on ubuntu 18.04

Docker:

docker build -t node_build:local .
docker run -v <your_dir_to_save_files_to>:/root/.local --rm -it node_build:local bash
wget <nodejs_source_url>
tar xf <nodejs_archive>
cd <nodejs_dir>
./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local
make -j $(( $(nproc) - 1 )) # skip flag if cores = 1
make install