# How to install the historical version node-red

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-install-the-historical-version-node-red/12804>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [2 July 2019 06:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-install-the-historical-version-node-red/12804 "2019-07-02T06:00:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![liuxuetan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@liuxuetan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/liuxuetan)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2019 06:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-install-the-historical-version-node-red/12804/1 "2019-07-02T06:00:27Z")

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How to install the historical version node-red？

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2019 06:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-install-the-historical-version-node-red/12804/2 "2019-07-02T06:11:09Z")

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`npm install node-red@<version number>`

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [2 July 2019 07:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-install-the-historical-version-node-red/12804/3 "2019-07-02T07:02:26Z")

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Well you may need to make that

```
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm node-red@<version.number>

```

To install it in the correct place