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ylluminate

Reputation: 12399

Optimal way to install and keep Node.js & packages up-to-date on OS X?

What is the cleanest or most optimal way to keep an up-to-date installation of Node along with its accompanying packages on OS X? Homebrew always seems a touch behind (except for head).

Additionally, an interesting observation from the Node.js wiki says:

Warning: brew installs are known to be buggy

Further, is there a preferred method to update the installed packages as well (across node updates and just generally updating them)?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1195

Answers (2)

3on
3on

Reputation: 6339

I personally switched back to homebrew because installing the official package would foul up my path and which version of node I use.

And node packages shall not be installed globally so every new npm install will fetch the newest version if asked to do so.

Upvotes: 0

Michelle Tilley
Michelle Tilley

Reputation: 159135

I use a tool called NVM to manage Node.js installation; you can install and switch to various versions of Node.js with a single command. You can find NVM at https://github.com/creationix/nvm.

You may be interested in the first half of this screencast that covers installing and using NVM (full disclosure: I made the screencast).

Upvotes: 3

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