This article talks about some simple steps to follow to install node using Brew. Though there are many other ways to do it but the method described below uses nvm to install it and is one of the best method available till date.
Note: Before you proceed, ensure that Brew is installed. To install it follow the link above.
Step 1: Install NVM by running this command
brew install nvm
Step 2: Create a directory for NVM
mkdir ~/.nvm
Steps 3: Create an export in .zshrc to execute nvm command directly, add it to PATH and restart shell
export NVM_HOME="$HOME/.nvm" [ -s "$(brew --prefix)/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" ] && . "$(brew --prefix)/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm [ -s "$(brew --prefix)/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm" ] && . "$(brew --prefix)/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm" # This loads nvm bash_completion
export PATH=$NVM_HOME:$PATH
Step 4: Install node
Use this command for specific version
nvm install <version>
User this command to install the latest version
nvm install node
Step 5: Check the version of node installed
node -v
npm -v
Note: Whenever you install any version of node through nvm command it automatically makes it the default version.
Steps to change the version used by nvm
- List all versions which nvm has
nvm list- Change the version
nvm use <version>