To remedy that you might consider adding your desired node version to PATH instead: echo 'export > ~/. So if you have the latest/generic node package already installed you need to unlink it first: brew unlink nodeĪnd then you can link a different version: brew link it might be required to link them with the -force and -overwrite options: brew link -force -overwrite when new node version comes out and you’ll update to it by running brew upgrade, the link will be removed and the most recent node version will be linked instead. '/usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh' If you do not have a /.bashprofile file, then you can simply create one.

zshrc file to not run it again on every terminal start. You should create NVM's working directory if it doesn't exist: mkdir /.nvm Add the following to /.bashprofile or your desired shell configuration file: export NVMDIR'HOME/.nvm'. This might give you the follow results: heroku/brew/heroku-node ✔Īnd then install the desired version: brew install remember that you can install more than 1 node package at the same time, but you cannot have them available at the same time. brew update brew install nvm source (brew -prefix nvm)/nvm.sh. These days if you want to install a different version of node you do it this way:įirst search for your desired package: brew search node

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