What is the suggested way to install brew, node.js, io.js, nvm, npm on OS X?

Question

I am trying to use homebrew as much as possible. What\'s the suggested way to install the following on OS X?

• node.js
• io.js
• nvm
• npm

Answer 1

2019 update: Use NVM to install node, not Homebrew

In most of the answers , recommended way to install nvm is to use Homebrew

Do not do that

At Github Page for nvm it is clearly called out:

Homebrew installation is not supported. If you have issues with homebrew-installed nvm, please brew uninstall it, and install it using the instructions below, before filing an issue.

Use the following method instead

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash

The script clones the nvm repository to ~/.nvm and adds the source line to your profile (~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.bashrc).

And then use nvm to install node. For example to install latest LTS version do:

nvm install v8.11.1

Clean and hassle free. It would mark this as your default node version as well so you should be all set