How to properly upgrade node using nvm

Question

Is it possible to upgrade node right in place  instead of manually installing the latest stable version    I have installed node js version 5 0 with nvm  but now I want to update it to 5 4  I m trying to avoid having to manually reinstall all of my global packages  e g  by running npm install -g grunt-cli bower yo yoman-angular-generator blabla blablablabla

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You can more simply run one of the following commands:

Latest version:
nvm install node --reinstall-packages-from=node
Stable (LTS) version:
nvm install lts/* --reinstall-packages-from=node

This will install the appropriate version and reinstall all packages from the currently used node version. This saves you from manually handling the specific versions.

Edit - added command for installing LTS version according to @m4js7er comment.

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Here are the steps that worked for me for Ubuntu OS and using nvm Go to nodejs website and get the last LTS version  for example in your current dater the version will be  x y z  nvm install x y z   In my case current version is  14 15 4  and had 14 15 3   After that  execute nvm list and you will get list of node versions installed by nvm  Now you need to switch to the default last installed one by executing  nvm alias default x y z  List again or run nvm --version to check   Update  sometimes even if i go over the steps above it doesn t work  so what i did was removing the symbolic links in  usr local bin cd  usr local bin sudo rm node npm npx  And relink  sudo ln -s   which node   usr local bin node sudo ln -s   which npm   usr local bin npm sudo ln -s   which npx   usr local bin npx

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Bash alias for updating current active version   alias nodeupdate  nvm install   nvm current   sed -rn  s v    digit         1 p   --reinstall-packages-from   nvm current     The part sed -rn  s v    digit         1 p  transforms output from nvm current so that only a major version of node is returned  i e   v13 5 0 -  13

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Node JS to install a new version   Step 1   NVM Install   npm i -g nvm  Step 2   NODE Newest version install  nvm install       NodeVersion   Step 3   Selected Node Version  nvm use       NodeVersion   Finish

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if you have 4 2 and want to install 5 0 0 then  nvm install v5 0 0 --reinstall-packages-from 4 2   the answer of gabrielperales is right except that he missed the     sign at the end  if you don t put the     sign then new node version will be installed but the packages won t be installed   source  sitepoint

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This may work  nvm install NEW VERSION --reinstall-packages-from OLD VERSION  For example  nvm install 6 7 --reinstall-packages-from 6 4  then  if you want  you can delete your previous version with  nvm uninstall OLD VERSION  Where  in your case  NEW VERSION   5 4 OLD VERSION   5 0 Alternatively  try  nvm install stable --reinstall-packages-from current

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TWO Simple Solutions   To install the latest version of node and reinstall the old version packages just run the following command  nvm install node --reinstall-packages-from node  To install the latest lts  long term support  version of node and reinstall the old version packages just run the following command  nvm install --lts    --reinstall-packages-from node   Here s a GIF to support this answer

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