The latest version of NodeJs right now is 0.4.1
The command brew install node right now, installs 0.2.6 - which is not ideal. I would like 0.4.1
I've looked at this list of commands for brew and tried brew install --HEAD node
But that installs node 0.5-pre.
Why isn't brew installing the right version and how can I force it to get the right one?
At this stage, it looks like it would actually be easier just to download the src and install it manually. But I would like to know what's going on with Brew.
116 Answers
Run commands below, in this order:
brew update
brew doctor
brew upgrade nodeNow you have installed updated version of node, and it's probably not linked. If it's not, then just type: brew link node or brew link --overwrite node
After installation/upgrading node via brew I ran into this issue exactly: the node command worked but not the npm command.
I used these commands to fix it.
brew uninstall node
brew update
brew upgrade
brew cleanup
brew install node
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local
brew link --overwrite node
brew postinstall nodeI pieced together this solution after trial and error using...
a github thread:
this site:
Have you run brew update first? If you don't do that, Homebrew can't update its formulas, and if it doesn't update its formulas it doesn't know how to install the latest versions of software.
Sometimes brew update fails on me because one package doesn't download properly. So you can just upgrade a specific library like this:
brew upgrade nodeAlso, try to deactivate the current node version after installing a new node version. It helps me.
nvm deactivateThis is removed /Users/user_name/.nvm/*/bin from $PATH
And after that node was updated
node --version
v10.9.0I had to do brew link --overwrite node after brew install node to update from 0.4 to 0.8.18
If you have installed current node via Homebrew, just use these commands.
brew update
brew upgrade nodeCheck node version by
node -v
node -vwill show you the current version.npm -vwill show you the current version.brew link --overwrite --dry-run nodewill force the link and overwrite all conflicting files.brew install nodedo a fresh installation.brew updatebrew upgrade nodebrew link --overwrite nodeor
brew link node
Node Upgrade Procedure are below
1Try to use "n" the Node extremely simple package manager.
> npm install -g nOnce you have "n" installed. You can pull the latest node by doing the following:
> n latestI've used it successfully on Ubuntu 16.0x and MacOS 10.12 (Sierra)
Reference:
Just used this solution with Homebrew 0.9.5 and it seemed like a quick solution to upgrade to the latest stable version of node.
brew updateThis will install the latest version
brew install nodeUnlink your current version of node use, node -v, to find this
brew unlink node012This will change to the most up to date version of node.
brew link nodeNote: This solution worked as a result of me getting this error:
0Error: No such keg: /usr/local/Cellar/node
I did this on Mac OSX Sierra. I had Node 6.1 installed but Puppetter required Node 6.4. This is what I did:
brew upgrade node
brew unlink node
brew link --overwrite node@8
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@8/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profileAnd then open a new terminal window and run:
node -v
v8.11.2The --overwrite is necessary to override conflicting files between node6 and node8
You can use nodebrew. It can switch node versions too.
if the node is not installed then
brew install nodeIf you have an older version of the node installed then remove it and re-install freshly that's the only suitable way.
Make sure to add the path in the environment file.
If you're willing to remove the brew dependency, I would recommend nvm - I can't really recommend it over any other versioning solution because I haven't needed to try anything else. Having the ability to switch instantly between versions depending on which project you're working on is pretty valuable.
Just go old skool - From there you can get the current or LTS versions
sudo n latest
OR
brew update
brew upgrade node
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