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.

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 node --reinstall-packages-from=current

Or you can update to the last long-term support version with

nvm install lts --reinstall-packages-from=current

From the nvm documentation:

stable: this alias is deprecated, and only truly applies to node v0.12 and earlier. Currently, this is an alias for node.

and:

Node has a schedule for long-term support (LTS) You can reference LTS versions in aliases and .nvmrc files with the notation lts/* for the latest LTS

(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 16 or nvm alias default node.

Either way, you'll want to upgrade to the latest version of nvm (v0.39.2 as of this writing)

# nvm set default node.js version 16.14.2
$ nvm alias default 16.14.2
$ nvm use

$ node -v
# v16.14.2