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@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ Administrate its OpenVPN with a web interface (logs visualisations, users managi
 
 ### Debian 9 Stretch
 
+In order to install `npm`, [stretch-backports need to be added to your sources.list](https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index2h2).
+
 ````
-# apt-get install openvpn apache2 php-mysql mysql-server php-zip php nodejs unzip git wget sed npm curl
+# apt-get install -t stretch-backports npm nodejs
+# apt-get install openvpn apache2 php-mysql mysql-server php-zip php unzip git wget sed curl
 # npm install -g bower
-# ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
 ````
 
 ### CentOS 7