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TLD

Reputation: 8135

Install different versions of NodeJS

Is it possible to have different versions of NodeJS installed on the same machine?

Upvotes: 78

Views: 54749

Answers (7)

Asanka
Asanka

Reputation: 493

You can use NVM - Node Version Manager, Supports both Windows and Mac.

It has all the instructions of how to install and use it.

https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

These will be independent installs so you will need to install packages in each versions.

Upvotes: 0

Venkatesh
Venkatesh

Reputation: 300

You can follow simple approach here

step1:

 $ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.11.1/install.sh | bash

step2: 

 $ source ~/.profile

step3: list the latest versions of node

 $ nvm ls-remote

step4: 

  $  nvm install 7.10.0

step5: Create alias as default for node version

$ nvm alias default 7.10.0

step6: 

$node --version

that's it.

Upvotes: 2

hawbsl
hawbsl

Reputation: 16043

Windows users check out nvmw here.

You can go quite a long way down trying to install some of the other versions listed before realising there's no Windows support.

e.g. on the page for nave

It will probably never work on Windows, or other systems lack a native Bourne Again Shell. Sorry.

Upvotes: 1

Johel Alvarez
Johel Alvarez

Reputation: 765

The best option is node version manager NVM is very simple to install and you can change from one version to another with a simple nvm use command.

Upvotes: 0

Jérôme Beau
Jérôme Beau

Reputation: 11460

If you need something simple, the n utility is just for you.

Install it (use sudo prefix in commands if required):

npm -g install n

then :

npm cache clean -f

(don't be scared about the warning)

then just ask n to (download if required and) use the version you specify. For instance:

n 0.11.13

Et voilà !

Should you install multiple versions, you'll be able to switch between them. See the n page for details.

Upvotes: 6

Marco
Marco

Reputation: 1511

I use nave. https://github.com/isaacs/nave

> npm install -g nave
> nave use 0.4.12 # starts a subshell with 0.4.12 at the head of the path
> node --version
v0.4.12
> exit # go back to the original shell
> nave use 0.6.5
> node --version
v0.6.5
> nave usemain

Note that the first time you need a version, it will be downloaded and compiled for you.

Upvotes: 17

alessioalex
alessioalex

Reputation: 63693

There are several node managers which you can use to achieve this, but the most popular are:

Upvotes: 67

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