pnpm is a Node.js package manager like npm, yarn.

If you using nvm or Volta to manage node versions now pnpm can do that too.

Before we start you need to uninstall all of your node, nvm and Volta.

Installation

Install pnpm with standalone script.

curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -

Check version after installed.

pnpm -v

Now you can install Node.js with pnpm

Example

Install and use LTS version

pnpm env use --global lts

Install and use specific version

pnpm env use --global 16

Install and use latest version

pnpm env use --global latest

To remove node version use

pnpm env remove --global <version>

refs:

• https://pnpm.io/cli/env
• https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
• https://volta.sh