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These answers are all about updating the version of Node, when the original question is about updating the version of the NVM tool itself.
The script to update NVM is:
$ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.8/install.sh | bash
and you can find the list of the latest releases here: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/releases
More details found here: https://techsparx.com/nodejs/howto/nvm-deprecate-mirror.html
You can run nvm install node to get the latest node release.
Show current installed version
nvm current shows you the current version you have installed.
C:\>nvm current
v18.13.0
Show all available versions
nvm list available shows you a partial list of all available versions there are.
C:\>nvm list available
| CURRENT | LTS | OLD STABLE | OLD UNSTABLE |
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| 19.5.0 | 18.13.0 | 0.12.18 | 0.11.16 |
| 19.4.0 | 18.12.1 | 0.12.17 | 0.11.15 |
| 19.3.0 | 18.12.0 | 0.12.16 | 0.11.14 |
| 19.2.0 | 16.19.0 | 0.12.15 | 0.11.13 |
| 19.1.0 | 16.18.1 | 0.12.14 | 0.11.12 |
| 19.0.1 | 16.18.0 | 0.12.13 | 0.11.11 |
| 19.0.0 | 16.17.1 | 0.12.12 | 0.11.10 |
| 18.11.0 | 16.17.0 | 0.12.11 | 0.11.9 |
| 18.10.0 | 16.16.0 | 0.12.10 | 0.11.8 |
| 18.9.1 | 16.15.1 | 0.12.9 | 0.11.7 |
| 18.9.0 | 16.15.0 | 0.12.8 | 0.11.6 |
| 18.8.0 | 16.14.2 | 0.12.7 | 0.11.5 |
| 18.7.0 | 16.14.1 | 0.12.6 | 0.11.4 |
| 18.6.0 | 16.14.0 | 0.12.5 | 0.11.3 |
| 18.5.0 | 16.13.2 | 0.12.4 | 0.11.2 |
| 18.4.0 | 16.13.1 | 0.12.3 | 0.11.1 |
| 18.3.0 | 16.13.0 | 0.12.2 | 0.11.0 |
| 18.2.0 | 14.21.2 | 0.12.1 | 0.9.12 |
| 18.1.0 | 14.21.1 | 0.12.0 | 0.9.11 |
| 18.0.0 | 14.21.0 | 0.10.48 | 0.9.10 |
This is a partial list. For a complete list, visit https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases
Stable vs. experimental versions
Versions with even numbers such as 18.x are stable.
Versions with odd numbers such as 19.x are unstable/experimental.
See https://nodejs.org/en/
Install latest LTS version
LTS (Long Term Support) is the stable version.
Depending on platform, either nvm install lts on Windows or nvm install --lts on Linux installs the latest LTS version.
Select installed version
If you had, say, 17.x installed, you now also have, say, 18.x installed.
Now, you need to select the newly installed version with nvm use 18.13.0.
nvm install --lts installs the latest LTS version.
Then, nvm use lts/* switches to the latest LTS version.
Hello gang, I am having issues using Node version manager on windows. I have checked my environmental variables, manually added paths via my bash file, and i used the powershell, command prompt, and git bash. NVM commands work fine but node -v and npm -v will not work at all. Incredibly frustrating as i was in the middle of working on AWS services so this is incredibly counter productive. Any advice?
I should add that i was using the latest version of node up until today without any issues. An application or project i was working on necessitated an older version of Node.js. The Windows support article https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dev-environment/javascript/nodejs-on-windows explains in few details additional processes i could take to resolve the issue so i have been relying on information found on the web. I can send photos of my environmental variables although i am very cautious uploading any information regarding my local machine via a subreddit about programmers learning. Unfortunately not all humans live for the betterment of the human race. If anyone has dealt with this problem. let me know a resource i can delve into or how you resolved the issue.