- For more information on installing Node.js, see nodejs.org. If you are unsure what version of Node.js runs on your system, run node -v in a terminal window. Npm package manager. Angular, the Angular CLI, and Angular applications depend on npm packages for many features and functions. To download and install npm packages, you need an npm package.
- Fortunately, installing NodeJS is super simple. In this tutorial we will cover how to install NodeJS/NPM in. macOS/linux. Windows Once you install NodeJS/NPM, you can easily upgrade/downgrade to any Node version with one command. The following video tutorial shows you how to download NodeJS on your machine. Installation guide for Mac OS.
- For Mac OS X Via Installer Go to Download page on Node.js and click on Macintosh Installer box. This will start down downloading Node installer for mac. The downloaded file will be named node-v.pkg.
- Installing Node.js® and NPM is pretty straightforward using Homebrew. Homebrew handles downloading, unpacking and installing Node and NPM on your system. The whole process (after you have Homebrew installed) should only take you a few minutes. Installation Steps. Open the Terminal app and type brew update. This updates Homebrew with a list of.
This is a step-by-step guide to installing and running Kubernetes on your Mac so that you can develop applications locally.
You will be guided through running and accessing a Kubernetes cluster on your local machine using the following tools:
- Homebrew
- Docker for Mac
- Minikube
- virtualbox
- kubectl
Install the latest Node.js version. To install the latest available version of Node.js, you can use the following command: nvm install node Next, to use that version of Node.js in any new shell, you can simply run the use command: nvm use node Install the latest Node.js LTS version. To install the latest available LTS version of Node.js, you.
Installation Guide
Install Node Js For Mac
The only pre-requisite for this guide is that you have Homebrew installed. Homebrew is a package manager for the Mac. You’ll also need Homebrew Cask, which you can install after Homebrew by running brew tap caskroom/cask
in your Terminal.

Install Docker for Mac. Docker is used to create, manage, and run our containers. It lets us construct containers that will run in Kubernetes Pods.
Install VirtualBox for Mac using Homebrew. Run
brew cask install virtualbox
in your Terminal. VirtualBox lets you run virtual machines on your Mac (like running Windows inside macOS, except for a Kubernetes cluster.)Skip to step three if everything has worked to this point.
In my case, I already had the non-Homebrew VirtualBox app installed which caused issues when trying to start minikube.
If you already have VirtualBox installed, start the installation as before with
brew cask install virtualbox
. You will get a warning that confirms this sayingWarning: Cask 'virtualbox' is already installed.
. Once this is confirmed, you can reinstall VirtualBox with Homebrew by runningbrew cask reinstall virtualbox
.If you happen to have VirtualBox already running when you do this, you could see an error saying
Failed to unload org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv - (libkern/kext) kext is in use or retained (cannot unload).
This is because the kernel extensions that VirtualBox uses were in use when the uninstall occurred. If you scroll up in the output of that command, beneath
Warning! Found the following active VirtualBox processes:
you’ll see a list of the processes that need to be killed.Kill each of these in turn by running
kill first_column_number
(first_column_number
is the process identifier for that process).Now re-run
brew cask reinstall virtualbox
and it should succeed.Install
kubectl
for Mac. This is the command-line interface that lets you interact with Kuberentes. Runbrew install kubectl
in your Terminal.Install Minikube via the Installation > OSX instructions from the latest release. At the time of writing, this meant running the following command in Terminal…
Minikube will run a Kubernetes cluster with a single node.
Everything should work! Start your Minikube cluster with
minikube start
. Then runkubectl api-versions
. If you see a list of versions, everything’s working!minikube start
might take a few minutes.
At this point, I got an error saying Error starting host: Error getting state for host: machine does not exist.
because I had previously tried to run Minikube. You can fix this by running open ~/.minikube/
to open Minikube’s data files, and then deleting and deleting the machines
directory. Then run minikube start
again.
Come Together
You’ve installed all these tools and everything looks like it’s working. A quick explanation of how the components relate is needed.
- VirtualBox is a generic tool for running virtual machines. You can use it to run Ubuntu, Windows, etc. inside your macOS operating system host.
- Minikube is a Kubernetes-specific package that runs a Kubernetes cluster on your machine. That cluster has a single node and has some unique features that make it more suitable for local development. Minikube tells VirtualBox to run. Minikube can use other virtualization tools—not just VirtualBox—however these require extra configuration.
kubectl
is the command line application that lets you interact with your Minikube Kubernetes cluster. It sends request to the Kubernetes API server running on the cluser to manage your Kubernetes environment.kubectl
is like any other application that runs on your Mac—it just makes HTTP requests to the Kubernetes API on the cluster.
Before you can start making super awesome apps in NodeJS, you have to install it. Fortunately, installing NodeJS is super simple.
In this tutorial we will cover how to install NodeJS/NPM in
- macOS/linux
- Windows


Once you install NodeJS/NPM, you can easily upgrade/downgrade to any Node version with one command. The following video tutorial shows you how to download NodeJS on your machine.
Installation guide for Mac OS & Linux
Open a new terminal. Type the following and hit enter:
Close your terminal, then open a new one and type this:

You will see something like this:
Next in your terminal type:
Once it is installed, it is ready to be used. To use this version, just type this in your terminal:
Now that it is installed let's check it by doing the following:
Mac Install Npm
And that is it – you are done. Have fun.
Now if, in the future, for some reason you want to uninstall NVM (node version manager) simply open up your terminal and type the following:
Installation guide for Windows
First, go to nvm-windows
repositories releases section https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases. Select the latest release.
Next choose the nvm-setup.zip
file and download it.
Once the file is downloaded, unzip and click on the installer and follow the steps. (I am using 7zip for .zip file extraction, because it is FREE.)
Then to check if nvm
is properly installed, open a new command prompt terminal and type nvm
. Once it is verified that it is installed you can move on to the next step.
Install NodeJS using nvm
like this:
Node Install Specific Version
The version can be a NodeJS version or 'latest' (for the latest stable version).
In order to use the specific node version you just installed, in your terminal simply type the following:
Install Node For Mac
Check the node version with node -v. This should output v12.18.1 in your terminal.
If you want to install another version of Node, repeat the steps with a different version.
You should now have a working version of NodeJS running on your machine. Happy coding folks. :)
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