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Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar

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Install Node on MacOS M1/M2/Apple Silicon

#productivity #debugging #softwareengineering

1. Create ~/.zshrc if not exist, using following command 

touch ~/.zshrc
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2. Download NVM

Get the latest version URL from:
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.5/install.sh | bash
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3. Update .zshrc

Run

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
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OR

Open .zshrc: nano .zshrc and add the following line:

export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
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Save and run:

source .zshrc
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Close the terminal and open it again.

3. Install Node 

nvm install --lts
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Try running following command to verify versions:

node -v
npm -v
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Other useful commands

To check all available node version 

nvm ls
OR
nvm ls-remote
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To install specific version 

nvm install <version>
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eg:

nvm install v16.19.0
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Switch to specific version 

nvm use <version>
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Set default node version 

nvm alias default <version>
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Top comments (5)

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Pedro Ramos •

Thank you! That helped me a lot!!

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Serg.io •

Thank you! I was running into permission issues earlier, so I had to do a complete re-install using your instructions.

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Litvin Sergey •

Thanks! It's working for me.

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Zain Ahmed •

Hey tysm. I am a total noob and this worked for me v easily. I initially was trying the Homebrew method on my Mac M2 but kept failing and didn't know why.

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blueorris •

Thanks! But for the step of adding path to the environment, I followed the official GitHub (which is shown at the top of this blog). That works for me.