Installing Node.js

Download from nodejs.org

You can download and install a binary from nodejs.org.

Alternatively nvm allows you to easily install different versions of node. To install nvm:

 $ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.1/install.sh | bash

Close and reopen your terminal window. Use nvm to install node and set the default version.

$ nvm install --lts
$ nvm use --lts
$ nvm alias default --lts

Verify that node and npm have been installed:

$ npm --version
5.6.0
$ node --version
v8.11.1

On Mac OS X you can install Node.js using HomeBrew

$ brew install node