NPM and NVM Command Snippets
Installing node.js and npm in Windows via NVM using Chocolatey #
Start Command Prompt as Administrator and run this command:
choco install nvm
nvm install latest # or you can replace 'latest' with a specific node.js version
Using NVM #
Display the currently active version:
nvm current
Install node.js in specific version or in 'latest':
nvm install <version>
List the node.js installations you can choose in nvm use
:
nvm list
Switch to use the specified version:
nvm use <version>
Examples: switch to use different versions:
nvm use 21.6.2
npm install # uses the 21.6.2 version
nvm use 18.16.0
npm install # uses the 18.16.0 version
nvm use latest
npm install # uses the latest version
Using NPM #
Install everything in project's package.json
:
npm install
List the installed versions of all dependencies in this project:
npm list
List only the outdated depedencies in this project:
npm outdated
Additional Resources #
- https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows
- https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/nvm
- https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm