Prerequisites

Couple of prerequisites:

XCode: if needed, install it through Apple Store
Homebrew: it’s a package manager for OSX, simple and efficient. In a terminal:

ruby -e “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)”

Install Node and npm

Once Homebrew is installed, it is very simple:

brew install node

That’s all….

If needed, to upgrade/update node

# update Homebrew
brew update
# update Node / Npm
brew upgrade node

and finally, to check current versions of Node JS/npm

node -v
npm -v

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