Cannot install latest nodejs using conda on Mac

Question

When I run conda search -c conda-forge nodejs, I get:

# Name                       Version           Build  Channel
...
nodejs                           


        

Answer 1

Here's my workaround:

I installed nodejs for Mac from the .pkg file from the offical site and then every time I update packages in my conda environments, I force remove the nodejs version conda installs with:

conda uninstall --force nodejs

and then go about using the environment as if it had nodejs installed. That way when any other package needs nodejs, it gets the latest one from the system directory /usr/local/.