The best way to install Node.js is to use nvm (Node Version Manager). The following steps should help: brew uninstall nvm brew cleanup (just for good measure) curl -o- bash Check that nvm was installed correctly by running command -v nvm. I hope that it would be possible to use this same technique with Fish to also gain access to the NVM installation, but I cannot seem to get this to work. If the command fails with an error, it means you dont have Node.js installed. Install zsh-nvm and run nvm upgrade to upgrade. bashrc file.Īfter installing NVM with Homebrew it says to: Add NVM's working directory to your $HOME path (if it doesn't exist):Īdd the following to $HOME/.bashrc, $HOME/.zshrc, or your shell'sĪlso it appears the Homebrew install script has added this line to my ~/.profile source /usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh NVM commands are run fine when run with Bash, probably because when you install NVM using Homebrew it had me add some extra lines to my. After installing it, update the Homebrew package list and install NVM.

I have installed both the Fish Shell and NVM using Homebrew but cannot get Fish to recognize my NVM installation.

I am trying to manage my packages for OSX using Homebrew as much a I can.

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