How to upgrade node to specific version in macOS Mojave, and update the active path for node?

Question

I want to upgrade node to 12.10.0 and npm to 6.11.3, currently I am working on macOS Mojave version 10.14.5

I am using these commands to upgrade the node version to 12.10.0::

1. sudo npm cache clean -f (force) clear you npm cache
2. sudo npm install -g n install n (this might take a while)
3. sudo n 12.10.0 upgrade to the specific version

After running the last command it gives me an output like::

installing : node-v12.10.0
       mkdir : /usr/local/n/versions/node/12.10.0
       fetch : https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.10.0/node-v12.10.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz
   installed : v12.10.0 to /usr/local/bin/node
      active : v10.16.3 at /usr/local/opt/node@10/bin/node

When I am checking for node version node -v it still shows me old version 10.16.3

I have tried to add node path, but still, it gives me the same output. I have used command sudo nano /etc/path and then added /usr/local/bin/node path to it.

Please suggest me how can I upgrade node to 12.10.0 and npm to 6.11.3 version?

Answer 1

Install nvm following below tutorial :

Install nvm with homebrew

As stated in the link above,

Start by :

brew update
brew install nvm
mkdir ~/.nvm
nano ~/.bash_profile

In your .bash_profile file (you may be using an other file, according to your shell), add the following :

export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

Back to your shell, activate nvm and check it (if you have other shells opened and you want to keep them, do the same) :

source ~/.bash_profile
echo $NVM_DIR

Then with the help nvm install any node version(example v12.14.1) you want :

nvm install v12.14.1
nvm use v12.14.1

to switch to 12.14.1 version.

Answer 2

install n (npm module) npm install -g n and run sudo n latest or sudo n <version>