Update to NodeJS v16

[wincent]

Currently using v14.17.1 on the server, but current LTS version is v16.13.1.

Wouldn't be too hard to update because I am installing and building from source already anyway (via Ansible).

Nothing really pressing motivating this; just wanting to stay relatively up-to-date to avoid later headaches.

[wincent]

Just tried going to 18.17.0, but had to back down to 16.21.0 — citing my commit from ansible-configs:

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chore: downgrade NodeJS from v18.17.0 to v16.20.1

Same error as others reported here:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72022527/glibc-2-27-not-found-while-installing-node-on-amazon-ec2-instance

Amazon Linux 2 only has glibc 2.26:

$ ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.26
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.

So trying to run NodeJS v18 will die:

$ /opt/node/bin/node --version
/opt/node/bin/node: /lib64/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.27' not found (required by /opt/node/bin/node)
/opt/node/bin/node: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by /opt/node/bin/node)

Updating glibc isn't viable, so will have to wait until moving to Amazon
Linux 2023:

• Update to Amazon Linux 2023 or later (before 2026-06-30) #175

Amazon Linux 2023 comes with NodeJS v18 anyway (18.12.1 at the time of
writing):

• https://github.com/amazonlinux/amazon-linux-2023/blob/main/Release-Notes-Amazon-Linux-2023.0.20230614.md

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So, retitled this to "Update to NodeJS v16" and will close it, then create another issue for v18, marking it as blocked by the Amazon Linux 2023 ticket.