How to change to an older version of Node js

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I am running Node js version v0 5 9-pre on Ubuntu 10 10   I would like to be using version v0 5 0-pre   How do I roll back to the older version of node

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Update  December 2020 - I have updated the answer because previous one was not relevant  Follow below steps to update your node version  1  Install nvm For this run below command in your terminal curl -o- https   raw githubusercontent com nvm-sh nvm v0 37 2 install sh   bash  2  Install specific node version using nvm For this run Replace 12 14 1 with your node version nvm install 12 14 1  Note  If you are getting error of NVM not recognised then run below command and then run above again source    nvm nvm sh  3  Make the installed version default Note  Replace 12 14 1 with your installed version  nvm alias default 12 14 1  4  Check node version node -v  And that s it  Cheers

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For some reason Brew installs node 5 into a separate directory called node5   The steps I took to get back to version 5 were   You will need to look up standard brew installation uninstallation  but otherwise this process is more straightforward than it looks     Install node5 using Brew standard installation  BUT don t brew link  yet  Uninstall all other versions of node using brew unlink node and brew uninstall node  You might need to use --force to remove one of the versions  Find the cellar folder on your computer Delete the node folder in the cellar  Rename the node5 folder to node  Then  brew link node   You should be all set with node 5

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the easiest way i have found is to just use the nodejs org site    go to https   nodejs org en download releases  find version you want and click download on mac click the  pkg executable and follow the installation instructions  not sure what the correct executable is for windows  be happy now that you are on the version of node you wanted

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Ubuntu - The Official Way  manually   If you re on node 12 and want to downgrade to node 10  just remove node and follow the instructions for the desired version    Remove the version that is currently installed sudo apt remove -y nodejs    Setup sources for the version you want curl -sL https   deb nodesource com setup 10 x   sudo -E bash -     Re- Install Node sudo apt-get install -y nodejs   Windows - The Official Way  manually   I found myself wanting to downgrade to LTS on Windows from the bleeding edge  If you re not using a package manager like Chocolatey or a node version manager like nvm or n  just download the  msi for the version you want and install it  You might want to remove the currently installed version via  quot Add or remove programs quot  tool in Windows  Chocolatey - The Package Manager Way  I highly recommend chocolatey for keeping installations up to date easily and it is a common way to install Node js on Windows  I had to remove the bleeding edge version before installing the LTS version  choco uninstall nodejs  choco install nodejs-lts   With package json - The Maintainable and Portable Way  Lets each project specify its own version You can add node as a dependency in package json and control which version is used for a particular project  Upon executing a package json  quot script quot   npm  and yarn  will use that version to run the script instead of the globally installed Node js  The node package accomplishes this by downloading a node binary for your local system and puts it into the node modules  bin directory   Node Version Manager - The  quot Screw it  I ll do it myself  quot  Way  While not very portable or easily maintainable  some developers like manually switching which global version of node is active at any given point in time and think the official ways of doing this are too slow  There are two popular npm packages that provide helpful CLI interfaces for selecting  and automatically installing  whichever version you want for your system  nvm and n  Using either is beyond the scope of this answer

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Windows  Downgrade Node with Chocolately  Install Chocolatey  Then run   choco install nodejs install -version 6 3 0   Chocolatey has lots of Node versions available   Downgrade NPM  npm install -g npm 3 10 3

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Use following commnad with your version number nvm install v8 9 nvm alias default  v8 9 nvm use v8 9

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Why use any extension when you can do this without extension     Install specific version of node  sudo npm cache clean -f sudo npm install -g n sudo n stable   Specific version   sudo n 4 4 4 instead of sudo n stable

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One way is to use NVM  the Node Version Manager   Use following command to get nvm  curl -o- https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 34 0 install sh   bash   You can find it at https   github com creationix nvm   It allows you to easily install and manage multiple versions of node  Here s a snippet from the help   Usage  nvm install  lt version gt        Download and install a  lt version gt  nvm use  lt version gt            Modify PATH to use  lt version gt  nvm ls                      List versions  installed versions are blue

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I had node version 6 4 0    As i am need of the older version 6 3 0   i just installed the 6 3 0 version again in my system  node version downgraded automatically   So  to downgrade the node version   Just install the older version of node js   It will get downgraded automatically from the higher version   I tried in osx   It works like a charm

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On windows 7 I used the general  Uninstall Node js   just started typing in the search bottom left  main menu field  followed by clicking the link to the older version which complies with the project  for instance  Windows 64-bit Installer  https   nodejs org dist v4 4 6 node-v4 4 6-x64 msi

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nvm install 0 5 0  install previous version of choice nvm alias default 0 5 0  set it to default nvm use default  use the new default as active version globally  Without the last  the active version doesn t change to the new default  So  when you open a new terminal or restart server  the old default version remains active

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NIX  Linux  OS X        Use n  an extremely simple Node version manager that can be installed via npm   Say you want Node js v0 10 x to build Atom   npm install -g n     Install n globally n 0 10 33            Install and use v0 10 33   Usage  n                              Output versions installed n latest                       Install or activate the latest node release n stable                       Install or activate the latest stable node release n  lt version gt                     Install node  lt version gt  n use  lt version gt   args          Execute node  lt version gt  with  args      n bin  lt version gt                 Output bin path for  lt version gt  n rm  lt version     gt              Remove the given version s  n --latest                     Output the latest node version available n --stable                     Output the latest stable node version available n ls                           Output the versions of node available    nbsp   Windows  Use nvm-windows  it s like nvm but for Windows  Download and run the installer  then   nvm install v0 10 33           Install v0 10 33 nvm use v0 10 33               Use v0 10 33   Usage  nvm install  version           Download and install  version  nvm uninstall  version         Uninstall  version  nvm use  version               Switch to use  version  nvm list                       List installed versions

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Easiest way i found -  Uninstall current version Download the appropriate  msi installer  x64 or x86  for the desired version from https   nodejs org download release

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run this    rm -rf node modules  amp  amp  npm cache clear  amp  amp  npm install   Node will install from whatever is cached  So if you clear everything out first  then NPM use 0 10 xx  it will revert properly

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nvmw is no longer maintained  but I found another source that seems to be up to date  as of 1 4 17      nvm-windows  It works   Allowed me to downgrade to 6 3 1

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Another good library for managing multiple versions of Node is N  https   github com visionmedia n

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