nvm

Node Version Manager is a bash script used to manage multiple released Node.js versions. It allows you to perform operations like install, uninstall, switch version, etc.

Installation

To install or update nvm, you can use:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash

To download, compile, and install the latest release of node, do this:

nvm install node # "node" is an alias for the latest version

To install a specific version of node:

nvm install 16.13.0 # or 12.22.7, 14.0.0, etc

Usage

To check nvm version:

nvm --version

Useful commands:

nvm ls                      # list installed Node version
nvm ls-remote               # list all the Node versions you can install
nvm alias default 16.13.0   # set the 16.13.0 version as the default Node

See the documentation for more examples.