nvm installation, update, manage node.js version

nvm

nvm is a node version management tool. In order to solve the incompatibility of various versions of node, nvm is a tool that allows you to install and switch different versions of node on the same machine.

nvm install

Before installing nvm, you first need to uninstall node/npm installed on your computer.

Windows nvm installation download nvm-windows

https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases

MacOS install nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.37.0/install.sh | bash
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.37.0/install.sh | bash

install node/npm

Order:

• nvm ls-remote: List all node version numbers that can be installed
• nvm install v15.1.0: install node with specified version number
• nvm use v15.1.0: switch node version, this is global
• nvm current: current node version
• nvm ls: list all installed node versions

update nvm

(
  cd "$NVM_DIR"
  git fetch --tags origin
  git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags --match "v[0-9]*" $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)`
) && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"