App Development 21 Azure 7 Blogging 7 Bot Framework 1 Bots 1 C 2 Code 6 Community 1 Design 14. I could install Node.js to the latest version 14.7.0 but the program I'm using (Jhipster) tells me that I need to install the Long Term Support (LTS, currently 12.18.3) an. FWIW, it's probably taking that much time because it's being compiled from source, instead of being a binary install. Content About Me Presentations Categories. The Homebrew-installed Node.js can cause all kinds of issues (judging by the amount of questions being posted here on StackOverflow). You can set the default Node.js version by using alias: I use Homebrew as well, but also use the official Node.js installer. If you're done with a version and want it gone, you can do that too: If you want to check out what versions of Node.js are installed on your machine, you can use the ls option: That's where you can use nvm to download, install, and use different versions of Node.js:Īt any given time you can switch to another with use: If you work with a lot of different Node.js utilities, you know that sometimes you need to quickly switch to other versions of Node.js without hosing your entire machine. There are only two easy steps for installation and configuration. You can read the installation steps on the nvm GitHub page. Little did I know that I was only off by one letter: n vm is the ideal solution. The shell commands within that post work great but there were reports in the comments that it could mess with node module paths and such - a far from ideal situation.
#NVM INSTALL NODE TAKE LONG TIME UPGRADE#
A while back I wrote a blog post called Upgrade Node.js with NPM.