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Shashika Virajh
Shashika Virajh

Reputation: 9477

How to downgrade to a previous Node version

I want to downgrade my Node version from the latest to v6.10.3.

But nothing has worked so far. Tried NVM and it gives an error as well by saying that the make command is not found. How can I downgrade Node?

Upvotes: 531

Views: 1474604

Answers (24)

Lokesh Parihar
Lokesh Parihar

Reputation: 41

Answer for Mac: The answer is using the 'HomeBrew'

  1. Open terminal and write command brew search node (results like: node@16, node@20, etc)

  2. brew unlink node

  3. brew link node@20 (you can use other version which is already installed in you system or install required version)

Upvotes: 1

Abey Bruck
Abey Bruck

Reputation: 635

use nvm from this link and install it. then use nvm install <version name> of your desired node version to install it. Finally write nvm use <version name> on your terminal to switch to your desired version number.

Upvotes: -1

Damika
Damika

Reputation: 832

I too wanted to downgrade my node version (v18.13.0) to a stable version(v16.10.0). So I followed these steps in my windows OS:

  1. First I installed nvm to my computer, cause I hadn't installed it. Go through this link. And I downloaded nvm-setup.exe one. Choose your suitable version. After downloading the setup file, launch the installation wizard and follow the on-screen directions to install nvm.
  2. Then add the nvm installation directory to your system's PATH environment variable. Like: C:\Users\damik\AppData\Roaming\nvm
  3. Next you can type nvm in your cmd and you can clarify the installation of nvm.
  4. Then uninstall the current version of Node.js. i.e.: nvm uninstall v18.13.0. First check your node.js and add relevant version here.
  5. Now Node.js has been uninstalled, you can install the version you want using this command: nvm install v16.10.0 . Please install the relevant version here.
  6. After the installation is complete, run the following command to make the version you just loaded the default Node.js version. nvm use v16.10.0
  7. This command will make the present shell session's version the default. You can use the nvm alias default v16.10.0 to make this version the default for all new shell sessions:
  8. Check your node version by node -v. And now it's all ok ;)

Upvotes: 1

Sritharan
Sritharan

Reputation: 101

Here is a simple solution

  1. Go to this link and download & install the suitable nvm setup on your computer https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows

  2. Type nvm list to get list of installed node versions

  3. Type nvm install <node-version>

  4. Type nvm use <version>

here we go you got node version you want.

Browse here to find node versions => https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/

Upvotes: 9

aircraft
aircraft

Reputation: 26924

Warning: This answer does not support Windows OS

You can use n for node's version management. There is a simple intro for n.

$ npm install -g n
$ n 6.10.3

this is very easy to use.

then you can show your node version:

$ node -v
v6.10.3

For windows nvm is a well-received tool.

Upvotes: 722

Ilir Shala
Ilir Shala

Reputation: 31

WINDOWS: Best way that you can do it and to not lose time.

  1. Go to control panel
  2. Uninstall Program
  3. Uninstall node
  4. Then go and find the version that you want to install, install it from the beginning.

Link with node versions: https://nodejs.org/uk/blog/release/

Upvotes: 3

INDRA
INDRA

Reputation: 11

I had to downgrade node to v10.16.0

sudo n 10.16.0

nvm use v10.16.0

this solved the problem for me

Upvotes: 1

Xavi Nguyen
Xavi Nguyen

Reputation: 129

it seems to be a compatibility issue, run

sudo n 14

then npm install or yarn install again. It will work

Upvotes: 4

Benny Code
Benny Code

Reputation: 54965

The Node.js team suggests to use the following Node.js version managers to switch between different versions of Node:

OSX or Linux:

Windows:

I personally made good experiences using "nvm-windows" on Windows 11.

Upvotes: 1

Suprabhat Kumar
Suprabhat Kumar

Reputation: 695

If you are using nvm, following are the ways -

1. nvm install node_version
2. nvm use --delete-prefix node_version

For more insights, see this image - enter image description here

Upvotes: 8

Jacques Koorts
Jacques Koorts

Reputation: 1827

Ubuntu:

nvm list
nvm use <version>

nvm list // Shows all the versions on your machine. Of course have your version installed.

nvm use // Use this version

Upvotes: 5

Arya Mohanan
Arya Mohanan

Reputation: 767

For windows users, you guys can downgrade using following commands.

npm uninstall -g node

npm install -g node@version

@version is your specified version, example : 12.22.3(little old)

Can find node releases here https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/

Upvotes: 11

Ashutosh Ranjan
Ashutosh Ranjan

Reputation: 91

I have used brew in mac to downgrade the node

follow the steps you will have the result:

  1. brew search node (here you can see the version eg: node@10, node@12, node@14)
  2. brew unlink node
  3. brew install < node version > (eg: node@12)
  4. brew link --overwrite node@12

Upvotes: 9

Kike Gamboa
Kike Gamboa

Reputation: 1114

In Mac there is a fast method with brew:

brew search node

You see some version, for example: node@10 node@12 ... Then

brew unlink node

And now select a before version for example node@12

brew link --overwrite --force node@12

Ready, you have downgraded you node version.

Upvotes: 71

Khaled Lela
Khaled Lela

Reputation: 8139

Determining your Node version

node -v  // or node --version
npm -v   // npm version or long npm --version

Ensure that you have n installed

sudo npm install -g n // -g for global installation

Upgrading to the latest stable version

sudo n stable

Changing to a specific version

sudo n 10.16.0

Answer inspired by this article.

Upvotes: 184

kayleeFrye_onDeck
kayleeFrye_onDeck

Reputation: 6978

If you're on Windows I suggest manually uninstalling node and installing chocolatey to handle your node installation. choco is a great CLI for provisioning a ton of popular software.

Then you can just do,

choco install nodejs --version $VersionNumber

and if you already have it installed via chocolatey you can do,

choco uninstall nodejs 
choco install nodejs --version $VersionNumber

For example,

choco uninstall nodejs
choco install nodejs --version 12.9.1

Upvotes: 20

itsHarshad
itsHarshad

Reputation: 1639

This may be due to version incompatibility between your code and the version you have installed.

In my case I was using v8.12.0 for development (locally) and installed latest version v13.7.0 on the server.

So using nvm I switched the node version to v8.12.0 with the below command:

> nvm install 8.12.0 // to install the version I wanted

> nvm use 8.12.0  // use the installed version

NOTE: You need to install nvm on your system to use nvm.

You should try this solution before trying solutions like installing build-essentials or uninstalling the current node version because you could switch between versions easily than reverting all the installations/uninstallations that you've done.

Upvotes: 54

Sasi Kumar M
Sasi Kumar M

Reputation: 2630

For windows 10,

  • Uninstalling the node from the "Add or remove programs"
  • Installing the required version from https://nodejs.org/en/

worked for me.

Upvotes: 29

Dharmendra Singh Pokhariya
Dharmendra Singh Pokhariya

Reputation: 1995

For windows:

Steps

  1. Go to Control panel> program and features>Node.js then uninstall

  2. Go to website: https://nodejs.org/en/ and download the version and install.

Upvotes: 197

Hariharan AR
Hariharan AR

Reputation: 1556

 curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
 sudo npm install -g n
 sudo n 10.15
 npm install
 npm audit fix
 npm start

Upvotes: 24

Alberto S.
Alberto S.

Reputation: 2115

In case of windows, one of the options you have is to uninstall current version of Node. Then, go to the node website and download the desired version and install this last one instead.

Upvotes: 5

Fabien Thetis
Fabien Thetis

Reputation: 1734

Steps to downgrade to node8

brew install node@8
brew link node@8 --force

if warning remove the folder and files as indicated in the warning then again the command : 

brew link node@8 --force

Upvotes: 10

sertal70
sertal70

Reputation: 599

If you are on macOS and are not using NVM, the simplest way is to run the installer that comes from node.js web site. It it clever enough to manage substitution of your current installation with the new one, even if it is an older one. At least this worked for me.

Upvotes: 17

Kalana Demel
Kalana Demel

Reputation: 3266

Try using the following commands

//For make issues 
sudo apt-get install build-essential

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.4/install.sh | bash

//To uninstall a node version 
nvm uninstall <current version>

nvm install 6.10.3

nvm use 6.10.3

//check with 
node -v

Upvotes: 16

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