I am using macOS Big Sur and want to update my Node. However, after downloading its file from the official website and completing its installation, my terminal still shows and uses my previous node version.
Does anyone know how can I overcome this issue?
Thanks
I suggest using nvm. It's much simpler and eradicates the headache of updating.
To do this, you can install nvm. https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating
you will be pasting in the curl command curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
Note: when this is finished running, you should see a line near the bottom which says something like export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
Copy and paste this and hit enter.
Then check to make sure you have nvm installed now nvm -v
After, in the terminal, type: nvm install node (you can also check your current version first with node -v
Run it and then check node version again. It should be updated.
While you're at it, you can also update npm.
Check version npm -v
Update npm install -g npm
This should do it. Let me know if there are any issues. Note: this can all be done in the -zsh shell, no reason to move back to bash.
The error displayed was sudo: n: command not found, which hinted that the binary might have not been successfully installed on your system. You need to check the location of n executable by using which command:
$ which n
Reinstalling n with more verbose debug level may also provide you with better information for troubleshooting.
$ sudo npm install --loglevel verbose -g n
Among possible options to install Node.js on MacOS, n was tested to be less error prone as you can read here. You should be on the right direction with the package manager choice.
