You can find all this information in each of their docs, but I wanted to create a shortened version that’s easy to follow. To install a specific version of node: nvm install 6.14.4 # or 10.10.0, 8.9.1, etc 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. You have to agree to the terms of the Node license. Read the license then click on the Continue button. Click on the Continue button to move to the next step.

Right click on the file you’ve downloaded and select Open. So instead, I decided to use Homebrew to update it from the command line. At the time of updating this article, the current version of Node is 18.5.0. 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. How to install & update Node.js on MacOS using Homebrew

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