{"id":184,"date":"2021-03-02T20:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/?p=184"},"modified":"2022-04-11T20:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:24:24","slug":"installing-node-js-on-macos-big-sur-using-nvm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/macos\/installing-node-js-on-macos-big-sur-using-nvm\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing Node.js on macOS Big Sur using nvm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@aguynamedlukas?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Lukas Hellebrand<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/macos?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently clean installed macOS Big Sur and is in the process of setting up all my software. As part of the spring cleaning process I wanted to clear out all of the GitHub forks that I accumulated like a snowball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help in this process I found <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yangshun\/delete-github-forks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">delete-github-forks<\/a> that can bulk delete GitHub forks and this tool is written using Node.js<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I thought it would be a good idea to document how I install node on macOS Big Sur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing nvm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><code>nvm<\/code> <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nvm-sh\/nvm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(node version manager)<\/a> allows you to have multiple versions of node installed and thus help avoid compatibility issues when projects use different versions of node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get the latest command line script to be run from <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nvm-sh\/nvm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/github.com\/nvm-sh\/nvm<\/a> and then run the command in the terminal. It is always a good idea to first read the script before just blindly running it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The script will make changes to <code>.zshrc<\/code> so I backup mine first and then install <code>nvm<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you don&#8217;t have a <code>.zshrc<\/code> file yet then you need to create it first (<code>touch ~\/.zshrc<\/code>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ cp .zshrc .zshrc.bak\n$ curl -o- https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/nvm-sh\/nvm\/v0.37.2\/install.sh | bash<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I verify the changes made to <code>.zshrc<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ diff .zshrc .zshrc.bak\n40,43d39\n&lt;\n&lt; export NVM_DIR=\"$HOME\/.nvm\"\n&lt; &#91; -s \"$NVM_DIR\/nvm.sh\" ] &amp;&amp; \\. \"$NVM_DIR\/nvm.sh\"  # This loads nvm\n&lt; &#91; -s \"$NVM_DIR\/bash_completion\" ] &amp;&amp; \\. \"$NVM_DIR\/bash_completion\"  # This loads nvm bash_completion<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Relaunch the terminal and verify <code>nvm<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ nvm -v\n0.37.2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing node<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To install the latest version of node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ nvm install node<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nvm_install_node-1024x258.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nvm_install_node-1024x258.png 1024w, https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nvm_install_node-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nvm_install_node-768x194.png 768w, https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nvm_install_node-1536x388.png 1536w, https:\/\/andrejacobs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nvm_install_node.png 1625w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Verify the version of node being used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ nvm run node --version\nRunning node v15.10.0 (npm v7.5.3)\nv15.10.0\n\nYou can also now just use node directly\n$ node --version\nv15.10.0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To install a different version of node.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ nvm install 14.16.0\n$ nvm use 14.16.0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>List the installed versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>$ nvm ls<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nvm-sh\/nvm\">https:\/\/github.com\/nvm-sh\/nvm<\/a> for more information on how to use <code>nvm<\/code>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Lukas Hellebrand on Unsplash I recently clean installed macOS Big Sur and is in the process of setting up all my software. As part of the spring cleaning process I wanted to clear out all of the GitHub forks that I accumulated like a snowball. 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