Has scaled the npm registry to over 11 million people worldwide. Let us bring our operational expertise to you with best-in-class support for the tool your developers depend on. Contact sales. Serving 500 of the Fortune 500 (and everyone else). And the npm( node package manager ) will be installed to /usr/local/bin/npm directory. After installation, open a terminal in macos, run node -v and npm -v in the terminal to verify the installation.
node.js allows you to run javascript in the Terminal as appose to a regular browser which makes for a modern workflow in web development, with node.js installed an associated package called npm (Node Package Manager) is also installed which can manage other applications that utilize node.js, one of the main ones being grunt.js. OSX Yosemite 10.10 guide here.
Npm For Mac
To install node.js on OSX 10.9 Mavericks you can download a pre-compiled binary package which makes a nice and easy installation. Head over to http://nodejs.org/ and click the install button to download the latest package.
At the end of the install you are prompted to make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your path, double check you have it by running in the Terminal:
After install check it was ok by entering in the command line node which will open a node javascript session:
To exit the node.js session just hit ‘control’ + ‘c’ twice.
If you have an earlier version of node you can just download the latest version and install to upgrade it and it will overight the previous version.
Installing Packages for Node
There are many packages for Node such as the popular grunt.js, you use the command npm to see a complete list run:
Airy for mac. This will return an exhaustive list of available packages, to install a package run npm install
To list installed packages run
To upgrade npm packages
To upgrade node.js itself on OSX just download and install the latest from node.org
If you’re looking for an easy guide to install Node.js and npm on OS X and macOS — this is it.
The default method for installing Node.js is to download a pre-built installer for your platform, install it and make sure it’s on your $PATH.
However, if you’re a Homebrew fan like me and prefer to install all of your packages with it — ensuring your packages are installed using the same commands and directories and allowing Homebrew to easily manage upgrades and updates — then this guide will help you get started.
Install Node.js and npm with Homebrew
First, install Homebrew.
Then run brew update to make sure Homebrew is up to date.
As a safe measure you should run brew doctor to make sure your system is ready to brew. Run the command below and follow any recommendations from brew doctor.
Next, add Homebrew’s location to your $PATH in your .bash_profile or .zshrc file.