Install NodeJS and NPM on Mac

Published: 2019-10-19 • Last updated: 2021-05-03

This will install node version 14.16.0

1. Download tarball from NodeJS downloads

    curl -O -L https://nodejs.org/dist/v14.16.0/node-v14.16.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz
   

2. Make dir then extract tarball

    mkdir -p ~/bin/nodejs
    tar -v -x -C ~/bin/nodejs -f node-v14.16.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz
   

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

    export NODEJS_HOME=$HOME/bin/nodejs/node-v14.16.0-darwin-x64
    export PATH=$NODEJS_HOME/bin:$PATH
   

4. Source bash config file

    source ~/.bash_profile
   

5. Confirm installation

    node --version
    npm --version