How do I update Node.js?

Question

I did the following to update my npm:

npm update npm -g

But I have no idea how to update Node.js. Any suggestions? (I'm using Node.js 0.4.1 and want to update to Node.js 0.6.1.)

Answer 1

If you have Homebrew installed (only for OS X):

$ brew upgrade node

Answer 2

• Install nvm(cURL)

  $ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.1/install.sh | bash

  OR with Wget

  $ wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.1/install.sh | bash

• Display list of installed versions

  $ nvm ls

• Display list of versions that are available to install

  $ nvm ls-remote

• Install your preferred version

  $ nvm install v7.5.0

• Set this version as the default

  $ nvm alias default v7.5.0

Answer 3

All you need to version update of Node.js:

$ brew install node

If you don't have Homebrew; please go http://brew.sh/.

Answer 4

I had the same problem, when I saw that my Node.js installation is outdated.

These few lines will handle everything (for Ubuntu):

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

After this node -v will return you the latest available version.

Answer 5

You may use nvm.

1. Check what is the latest version at http://nodejs.org/ (e.g. v0.10.26)
2. Run nvm install v0.10.26

Done.

You can choose which version to run:

nvm ls list the available versions and tells you which version you are using now.

nvm use VERSION change the current node to the requested version.

nvm alias default VERSION set the default version. The next time you source nvm.sh, this will be the version loaded (note that it doesn't change the version in use right now, run nvm use for that).

Answer 6

You may use Chocolatey on Windows. It's very easy to use and useful for keeping you updated with other applications too.

Also, you can just simply download the latest version from https://nodejs.org and install it.