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Install Node Version Manager (NVM)

Authored by: Lili Cohen
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Installing Node Version Manager (NVM)

This documentation will only follow the installation of NVM for Mac laptops.

Installtion Guide

  1. Open your terminal

  2. Enter the following code to begin:

    - curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.2/install.sh | bash
    
  3. Enter the following code:

    - source ~/.bashrc
    
  4. If the /.bashrc file does not exist then first create the directory by entering:

    mkdir ~/.bashrc
    

    Then enter step 3 into your terminal

  5. Lastly enter the following command into your terminal:

    export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
    
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