How can the default node version be set using NVM

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I have installed nvm  ubuntu with zsh shell  with two node version  v6 11 5 and v9 0 0 and the default version in nvm is the v9 0 0   Every time I need to change the node version     nvm list          v6 11 5 - gt        v9 0 0          system default - gt  node  - gt  v9 0 0  node - gt  stable  - gt  v9 0 0   default  stable - gt  9 0  - gt  v9 0 0   default      nvm v6   How could I change the nvm version default to define v6 11 5

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Alert  This answer is for MacOS only Let suppose you have 2 versions of nodeJS inside your nvm  namely v13 10 1  amp  v15 4 0 And  v15 4 0 is default  gt  nvm list        v13 10 1 - gt       v15 4 0          system default - gt  15 4 0  - gt  v15 4 0   And  you want to switch the default to v13 10 1 Follow these steps on your Mac terminal   Run the command   nvm alias default 13 10 1    This will make the default point to v13 10 1 as    default - gt  13 10 1  - gt  v13 10 1    Open new instance of terminal  Now check the node version here as      node -v  You will get    v13 10 1   nvm list will also show the new default version   nvm list    Just an info  The NodeJS versions taken as example above will have their different npm versions  You can cross-verify it in terminal by running npm -v

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change the default node version with nvm alias default 10 15 3    replace mine version with your default version number  you can check your default lists with nvm list

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Worked for me 100  Follow this for default node version   nvm install 12 13 1 then  nvm alias default 12 13 1

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You can also like this    nvm alias default lts fermium

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Lets say to want to make default version as 10 19 0   nvm alias default v10 19 0   But it will give following error    WARNING  Version  v10 19 0  does not exist  default - gt  v10 19 0  - gt  N A    In That case you need to run two commands in the following order    Install the version that you would like  nvm install 10 19 0    Set 10 19 0  or another version  as default nvm alias default 10 19 0

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This will set the default to be the most current version of node nvm alias default node  and then you ll need to run nvm use default  or exit and open a new tab

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If you want to switch only for once use this nvm use 12 x  Else if you want to switch the default node version then use nvm use default 12 x

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The current answers did not solve the problem for me  because I had node installed in  usr bin node and  usr local bin node - so the system always resolved these first  and ignored the nvm version  I solved the issue by moving the existing versions to  usr bin node-system and  usr local bin node-system Then I had no node command anymore  until I used nvm use    I solved this issue by creating a symlink to the version that would be installed by nvm  sudo mv  usr local bin node  usr local bin node-system     sudo mv  usr bin node  usr bin node-system  nvm use node   Now using node v12 20 1  npm v6 14 10  which node    home paul  nvm versions node v12 20 1 bin node sudo ln -s  home paul  nvm versions node v12 20 1 bin node  usr bin node  Then open a new shell node -v   v12 20 1

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nvm maintainer here   nvm alias default 6 11 5 if you want it pegged to that specific version   You can also do nvm alias default 6   Either way  you ll want to upgrade to the latest version of nvm  v0 33 11 as of this writing

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