NVM

Node Version Manager (NVM)

Install NVM on MacOS (Default Shell)

1. Install NVM with brew

   # Uninstall existing NodeJS, if present
   brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies node  
   brew uninstall --force node 
   # Install NVM
   brew upgrade
   brew install nvm
   mkdir ~/.nvm

2. Edit environment file

   vi ~/.bash_profile 
   ---
   export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm 
   source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

3. Reload shell environment

   source ~/.bash_profile

Install Node versions

# Install latest LTS stable
nvm install 14
nvm ls
---
->     v14.17.5
        v16.6.2
default -> 14 (-> v14.17.5)
...

Upgrade NPM to the latest

Node v14 installs NPM v6. To upgrade to the latest working for the current node version v7:

nvm install-latest-npm 
npm -v
---
7.20.6

Misc

# See all available versions
nvm ls-remote
# See locally installed versions
nvm ls
# Switch between versions
nvm use 14
nvm use default
...
# Set the default version to LTS
nvm alias default 'lts/*'