I am trying to update my Nodejs to the latest version in WSL 2. My old version is v15.0.0 and is installed at active : v15.0.0 at /home/sathish/.nvm/versions/node/v15.0.0/bin/node
My new version installed : v18.1.0 to /usr/local/bin/node
My shell is using the old one. I don't know how to make my shell to use the new version. What should I do to make my shell use the new version installed at a different location?
You need to run
nvm use <your version>
Read more here: https://blog.logrocket.com/switching-between-node-versions-during-development/
the simplest solution
you should install nvm then using that install the latest version of node then
change the default to the newest version
https://www.codegrepper.com/code-examples/whatever/set+default+node+version+ubuntu+nvm
I just uninstalled all versions and then reinstalled. It works now. Thanks for the answer.
Related
I want to downgrade the NodeJs version to 16 as some of the dependencies I am using in my React app do not support NodeJs 17. I tried this method (another post on stack overflow) also but this thing is not getting installed on my PC.
OS: Windows
Any sort of help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
You can use Node Version Manager(NVM).where you can downgrade or upgrade any node version. Please check
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
Windows:
https://dev.to/skaytech/how-to-install-node-version-manager-nvm-for-windows-10-4nbi
Ubuntu:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-on-ubuntu-20-04
Clearing the local installation of node, to find out where is and delete
where node
Install nvm
For Windows
For others
Show all the versions
nvm ls available
Install what you want
nvm install 16.11.0
nvm use 16.11.0
Check node version
node -v
I have tried several ways and this works, hope it helps.
2022 update with examples
Install nvm (See link readme: Windows uses installer, Linux has a CLI copy+paste bash script).
Restart the shell (if it was open when installed) to register the new path.
If you want 14.18.1, for example: nvm use 14.18.1
If you don't have it installed, it'll let you know. In that case: nvm install 14.8.1 -> repeat #3.
node -v to verify.
Nodejs.org has previous releases versions in their distribution directory. Find the node version you need and install it.
https://nodejs.org/dist/
n is the simplest package to manage your node versions.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/n
I am building a sample application in which I need to use Node Version v9.11.2 and npm 4.0.0. Currently I have Node Version v16.4.0 installed on my system. I tried to install the specific version by uninstalling the latest version and installing version 9.11.2 from official website
Problem: The problem is I can uninstall the latest version without any problem but when I try to install older version(9.11.2) the command gets opened and it does nothing. I also tried to install the older version using cli commands ie. npm install -g node#9.11.2, it installs the version but on checking the version using node -v, it still shows the latest version(16.4.0)
Below are the screenshots for better understanding
Installed version 9.11.2 but showing 16.4.0
Any Solution please ?
Is using docker a possibility? If so you can simply get a docker image of the required version and use if from there.
Another way is to use NVM which is a really useful tool to manage nodejs versions. I'm including their github repo for your convenience:
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
A good option is to use NVM: https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows (Windows) or https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm (unix, macOS). With NVM you can enable different versions of node on the same machine and switch from one to another, usually it takes care of managing the installed packages and adding them to its own management system.
I had problem with create-react-app and turned out I gotta update my version of nodeJS. The thing is that I can't do so. when I type node --version I get v11.10.0, however when I type sudo n stable, I get:installed : v10.16.3 (with npm 6.9.0).
However when checking version of node I all time get this 11.10.0. How can I get this last stable version 10.16.3?
EDIT: SOLVED
turned out nvm was installed on laptop and it controled node version
I would suggest you use nvm to manage your node versions. It allows you to download multiple versions and you can assign versions on a per project basis. It also allows you to choose which version you want as default
Install nvm it will allow you to install and use any version you want.
Installation steps on ubuntu 18.04
I accidently upgraded my Node server and it broke some stuff.
I'm using robot-js that only supports these versions of node - https://github.com/Robot/robot-js-binaries/tree/gh-pages/addon/1.0.2
How do I erase my current version and install the darwin-x64-14.node one?
I can't quite figure out the right command to install node-darwin-x64. What version do I put in?
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-darwin-x64#download
I personally prefer to use nvm instead of directly installing node.js
it allow me to change any version of node instantly.
you can find a detailed instruction of how to uninstall node here.
then install nvm
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
then to install a specific version of node just use
nvm install any-version
to change to a specific node installation
nvm use version
please for osx installation refer to the Important Notes section on their readme https://github.com/creationix/nvm
I want to use an older version of Node.js in my application, and for that I have attempted to use nvm so that I can change the version accordingly.
Now I have three versions of Node.js and want to switch on specific version
nvm use [selected version]
It is successfully executed but the version is not updated
Example of use:
If your nvm command not updating your node version in windows, for example
Your current version is 6.11.2 and you would like to update to 8.11.3 using nvm use 8.11.3 in windows OS then below hack will do that job.
Renamed C:\Program Files\nodejs to C:\Program Files\nodejsx it worked for me.
Credit goes to user ituasdu
From the readme of NVM, under important notes:
Note: nvm does not support Windows (see #284). Two alternatives exist, which are neither supported nor developed by us:
nvm-windows
nodist