Ah, I has assumed you were using 10.x as that is the latest LTS version. I think it is certainly not a good idea to use a non-LTS version.
Actually, looking at the release date I did try it with 10. The assumption (One should never assume anything!) was that the current is the best. In NodeJS terms it seems this is never true.
Either way, it only works with V8.
Looking back I think the problem is with noble.
I didn't read the whole thread (or understand ) ,but I installed with "The Script" by Peter Scargill a couple of times.
However after the script finishes you should execute the following command.
hash -r
The shell tracks where executables such as npm reside to avoid having to search the PATH environment variable every time you want to run something.
The -r (reset) argument to hash clears the cache.
If you want to see what commands hash has remembered, simply type hash on its own without any arguments.
You can disable the cache altogether by typing set +h and re-renable it via set -
I wasn't able to install any Pallette Nodes due to an error.
Hope this helps you aswell.
If you canāt install any nodes for to an error patter running petes script you really should follow that up on Petes website so that it can be fixed.