![]() ![]() Installing the Node Version Manager (nvm) Do yourself a favor and remove that to prevent possible issues with linking globale packages via npm link. Potential problems with linking global packagesĭouble check if there still is a node_modules directory in /usr/local/lib holding your globally installed packages. Let’s get rid of this and older versions in the cellar of homebrew: $ brew uninstall -force node But I have to be able to use a different Node version just in case thinks break with Node 4.0.įirst we could check which version of node we are using: $ node -v This became more important since the stable release of Node 4.0 which I like to use. But beside the quirk when it comes to updating npm there is a method which makes switching Node.js version even easier. This is because the installation of global modules goes to a dedicated folder of node, and is not shared.Sure you can just use homebrew to update your Node.js installation when there are new releases. Like, if using v8.10 you install “eslint” globally, then eslint will only be available (as cli) when you are using v8.10. One thing to note is global packages installed goes to individual node version folders. So you can open multiple shells/terminals and use different versions of the same. ![]() NVM is designed to be installed per-user, and invoked per-shell. From setting up to actual use, NVM is simple, and it makes development in whatever version of Node.js that’s required. Node Version Manager makes it super easy to do this from the command line. For windows user, there is port of nvm that supports windows, called nvm-windows You can check the installation and usage instructions here. Vm works on any POSIX-compliant shell (sh, dash, ksh, zsh, bash), in particular on these platforms: unix, macOS, and windows WSL. NVM is the goto tool for conquering manual version control on your machine for node. If you have a situation like mine where I want to use the latest node version for my new projects, on the other hand I have to use a specific node version for enterprise applications that are running on (like amazon lambda supports upto one node version). Node versions are something that we don’t care about every time but when they become the problem, they are hard times! NVM is the easiest and effective tool to switch between multiple versions of Node. ![]()
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