Install NodeJS and NPM on Mac

Published: 2019-10-19
Tags: mac, nodejs, npm, command-line

This will install node v10.16.3 and npm v6.9.0.

1. Download tarball from NodeJS downloads

   curl -O -L https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.16.3/node-v10.16.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz
   

2. Make dir then extract tarball

   mkdir -p ~/bin/nodejs
   tar -v -x -C ~/bin/nodejs -f node-v10.16.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz
   

3. Set environment variables in your bash config file, e.g. ~/.bash_profile

   export NODEJS_HOME=$HOME/bin/nodejs/node-v10.16.3-darwin-x64
   export PATH=$NODEJS_HOME/bin:$PATH
   

4. Source bash config file

   source ~/.bash_profile
   

5. Confirm installation

   node --version
   npm --version