How to downgrade Node version

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I want to downgrade my Node version from the latest to v6 10 3   But nothing worked so far  Tried NVM and it gives an error as well by saying make command is not found  How can I downgrade Node

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If you are on macOS and are not using NVM  the simplest way is to run the installer that comes from node js web site  It it clever enough to manage substitution of your current installation with the new one  even if it is an older one  At least this worked for me

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This may be due to version incompatibility between your code and the version you have installed   In my case I was using v8 12 0 for development  locally  and installed latest version v13 7 0 on the server   So using nvm I switched the node version to v8 12 0 with the below command    gt  nvm install 8 12 0    to install the version I wanted   gt  nvm use 8 12 0     use the installed version   NOTE  You need to install nvm on your system to use nvm   You should try this solution before trying solutions like installing build-essentials or uninstalling the current node version because you could switch between versions easily than reverting all the installations uninstallations that you ve done

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For windows 10    Uninstalling the node from the  Add or remove programs  Installing the required version from https   nodejs org en    worked for me

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curl -o- https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 33 11 install sh   bash  sudo npm install -g n  sudo n 10 15  npm install  npm audit fix  npm start

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You can use n for node s version management  There is a simple intro for n    npm install -g n   n 6 10 3  this is very easy to use  then you can show your node version    node -v v6 10 3   For windows nvm is a well-received tool

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In case of windows  one of the options you have is to uninstall current version of Node  Then  go to the node website and download the desired version and install this last one instead

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Steps to downgrade to node8  brew install node 8 brew link node 8 --force   if warning remove the folder and files as indicated in the warning then again the command     brew link node 8 --force

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If you re on Windows I suggest manually uninstalling node and installing chocolatey to handle your node installation  choco is a great CLI for provisioning a ton of popular software    Then you can just do   choco install nodejs --version  VersionNumber   and if you already have it installed via chocolatey you can do   choco uninstall nodejs  choco install nodejs --version  VersionNumber   For example   choco uninstall nodejs choco install nodejs --version 12 9 1

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In Mac there is a fast method with brew   brew search node   You see some version  for example    node 10 node 12     Then  brew unlink node   And now select a before version for example node 12  brew link --overwrite --force node 12   Ready  you have downgraded you node version

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For windows   Steps   Go to Control panel gt  program and features gt Node js then uninstall Go to website  https   nodejs org en   and download the version and install

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Try using the following commands    For make issues  sudo apt-get install build-essential  curl -o- https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 33 4 install sh   bash    To uninstall a node version  nvm uninstall  lt current version gt   nvm install 6 10 3  nvm use 6 10 3    check with  node -v

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Determining your Node version  node -v     or node --version npm -v      npm version or long npm --version   Ensure that you have n installed  sudo npm install -g n    -g for global installation    Upgrading to the latest stable version  sudo n stable   Changing to a specific version  sudo n 10 16 0   Answer inspired by this article

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