You can find all this information in each of their docs, but I wanted to create a shortened version that’s easy to follow. Which commands I need to issue to install LTS version of Node via Home. To install a specific version of node: nvm install 6.14.4 # or 10.10.0, 8.9.1, etc When I run brew install node it install v6.7.0 Current but I want LTS version which is at the time of this writing v4.6.0 LTS. To download, compile, and install the latest release of node, do this: nvm install node # "node" is an alias for the latest version Node.jsĪgain, to see the version you have installed: node -v If you don’t have NVM installed, or need to update it, run the install script found near the beginning of the docs. To check what version of NVM you have: nvm -v If you don’t have Node.js downloaded yet, simply do this: brew install nodeįor updating Node.js, you will need to use Node Version Manager. If you want to have the latest version of Homebrew installed, you can check what version you already have: brew -vĪnd you can update it: brew upgrade or brew updateĪlso, if you want to see what packages you already have downloaded see here. If you don’t have Homebrew installed yet, follow the instructions on their website. Paste the following in a macOS Terminal prompt. So instead, I decided to use Homebrew to update it from the command line. How to install NodeJS and NPM on Mac using Homebrew Step 1: Install Homebrew Homebrew is the missing package manager for macOS. I already had Node.js installed on my computer, but for some reason, I was having some difficulty updating it directly from the Node.js website.
First, we need to install Brew.How to install & update Node.js on MacOS using Homebrew The easiest way to install Node.js on Mac OS X is to use Brew.īrew is a package manager which is a tool that allows you to easily install software on your Mac. We will also look at how you can upgrade node so you always have the latest version.Ĭhances are, you are only trying to install node on one of these operating systems (OS).Ĭlick the link below to install node.js for your OS: Once you have node installed you will be able to run server-side JavaScript on your computer. No! We are going to do it the easy way using package managers. You don't need to download the node package and try to install it. We are going to look at how to install node.js the easy way on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
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