NodeJS nvm Node Version Manager

Install NVM

You can use curl:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.3/install.sh | bash

Or you can use wget:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.3/install.sh | bash

Check NVM version

To verify that nvm has been installed, do:

command -v nvm

which should output 'nvm' if the installation was successful.

Installing an specific Node version

Listing available remote versions for installation

nvm ls-remote

Installing a remote version

nvm install <version>

For example

nvm install 0.10.13

Using an already installed node version

To list available local versions of node through NVM:

nvm ls

For example, if nvm ls returns:

$ nvm ls
 v4.3.0
 v5.5.0

You can switch to v5.5.0 with:

nvm use v5.5.0

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