How to install node.js on macOS with nodebrew.
Koji Toyota
Posted on December 28, 2017
Install Homebrew
See below:
Homebrew(official)
Install nodebrew
After you installed Homebrew, you should execute below
brew install nodebrew
If you want to check whether you could get it or not, please type this command.
nodebrew -v
and you can see the version of your nodebrew.
nodebrew 0.9.8
Usage:
nodebrew help Show this message
nodebrew install <version> Download and install <version> (compile from source)
nodebrew install-binary <version> Download and install <version> (binary file)
nodebrew uninstall <version> Uninstall <version>
nodebrew use <version> Use <version>
nodebrew list List installed versions
nodebrew ls Alias for `list`
nodebrew ls-remote List remote versions
nodebrew ls-all List remote and installed versions
nodebrew alias <key> <value> Set alias
nodebrew unalias <key> Remove alias
nodebrew clean <version> | all Remove source file
nodebrew selfupdate Update nodebrew
nodebrew migrate-package <version> Install global NPM packages contained in <version> to current version
nodebrew exec <version> -- <command> Execute <command> using specified <version>
Example:
# install from binary
nodebrew install-binary v0.10.22
# use a specific version number
nodebrew use v0.10.22
# io.js
nodebrew install-binary io@v1.0.0
nodebrew use io@v1.0.0
After you installed nodebrew, I recommend you to add the PATH of nodebrew to your .bash_profile
.
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.nodebrew/current/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile
Install node.js
Before you install node.js, check the latest version of node.js on official website.
node.js official website
You might find out 2 or more versions of node.js.
I recommend you to install LTS(Long Term Support) version.
If you decided the version, type below and you can see all versions you can install.
nodebrew ls-remote
Can you find out the version you want? O.K. Let's install it.
nodebrew install-binary <THE-VERSION-YOU-WANT>
Please replace the to the version you want to install.
If you get error like below,
Warning: Failed to create the file
Warning: /Users/<YOUR-USER-NAME>/.nodebrew/src/v8.9.3/node-v8.9.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz: No
Warning: such file or directory
Make the folder which is needed with this command.
mkdir -p ~/.nodebrew/src
and retry nodebrew install-binary <THE-VERSION-YOU-WANT>
Launch node.js
Before launching node.js, check the nodebrew.
nodebrew ls
You can get like below:
v8.9.3
current: none
This is the list of node.js versions you have and current node.js version.
The line current: none
means your system haven't set the node.js.
So, type this
nodebrew use <THE-VERSION-YOU-WANT>
After that, please execute this
node -v
If you could set node.js appropriately, you can get the return about the node.js version like below.
v8.9.3
That's all! Now you can build amazing project with node.js!
Posted on December 28, 2017
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