How can I activate node version on mac-CodePudding

I try to change the node version on mac m1 pro macOs 13, I do the following commands:

sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable

but it is not change, the result is:

copying : node/18.12.0
installed : v18.12.0 to /usr/local/bin/node
active : v17.8.0 at /opt/homebrew/bin/node

How can I activate the installed version?

CodePudding user response：

Step 2 and 3 are the same so maybe you did it but… you can try to n uninstall 17.8.0 followed by sudo n to select the desired version.

CodePudding user response：

The active node is installed using homebrew. Therefore, you could remove the node installed using the homebrew and install it from the Mac Installer from https://nodejs.org/en/download/.

In addition to that, you might need to add the path variable to .zshrc. For that, In your terminal nano ~/.zshrc then add the line:

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/[your username]/.npm-packages/bin

Also, if you need to use multiple node versions in a single machine you can use a node version manager[1].

[1] https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm