Js/Node/NVM/using

Confirm NVM is installed:

• Open your terminal / command prompt / power shell / however you're set up.
• type:

nvm --version

• • This will check the version of NVM that you have installed
    • But I'm using this as a test to see if NVM is installed
    • If you get a version number, it's installed
    • If not, try restarting the computer and try again
      • If it still fails, install again

Install a version of node:

• Open your terminal / command prompt / power shell / however you're set up.
• Type:
  • nvm install [versionNumber]
  • replace "[versionNumber]" with the version you need
  • at the time of writing this, installing the current LTS version would be:
    • nvm install [versionNumber]
    • If this is the first version of node that you are installing, it will be assigned as the system default

Switching between node versions

• Open your terminal / command prompt / power shell / however you're set up.
• Type:
  • nvm use [versionNumber]
  • you should now be on that version of node
  • type:
    • node -v
    • if it worked, you'll see the requested version number
    • But it is not the system default yet. If you close the terminal and open a new one, type node -v again, you'll see that node v[systemDefault] is in use

Setting Default Node Version

(The version which will be used by default without switching)

• Open your terminal / command prompt / power shell / however you're set up.
• Type:

nvm alias default [versionNumber]

Clearing NVM cache (in case default isn't changing)

• Open your terminal / command prompt / power shell / however you're set up.
• run:

nvm clear-cache

Uninstalling a version of node

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