To remedy that you might consider adding your desired node version to PATH instead: echo 'export > ~/. So if you have the latest/generic node package already installed you need to unlink it first: brew unlink nodeĪnd then you can link a different version: brew link it might be required to link them with the -force and -overwrite options: brew link -force -overwrite when new node version comes out and you’ll update to it by running brew upgrade, the link will be removed and the most recent node version will be linked instead. brew install node sudo chmod 776 /usr/local/lib brew link -overwrite node sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/lib When I ran npm -v I got the same error: internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:983 throw err To solve it I ran brew reinstall node and everything is running as expected now. This might give you the follow results: heroku/brew/heroku-node ✔Īnd then install the desired version: brew install remember that you can install more than 1 node package at the same time, but you cannot have them available at the same time. Whichever brew command is called is where the packages will be installed.

These days if you want to install a different version of node you do it this way:įirst search for your desired package: brew search node Create a Homebrew installation wherever you extract the tarball.

Brew install npm