Unable to install n in order to update node.js

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I tried installing n using the simple command, when I hit enter I got an error

$ npm install -g n
npm ERR! code EBADPLATFORM
npm ERR! notsup Unsupported platform for n@8.0.0: wanted {"os":"!win32"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! notsup Valid OS:    !win32
npm ERR! notsup Valid Arch:  undefined
npm ERR! notsup Actual OS:   win32
npm ERR! notsup Actual Arch: x64
npm node.js
1 Answers

n is supported on macOS, Linux, including with Windows Subsystem for Linux, and various other unix-like systems. n does not work in native shells on Microsoft Windows (like PowerShell), or Git for Windows BASH, or with the Cygwin DLL.

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