@shadowspawn/nvh
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Easily install Node.js versions. No profile setup required for default install location.
Requires bash (and does not require a working node install).
Forked from tj/n with changes to command syntax, bug fixes, and new features.
If you already have node, the easiest way to install nvh is through npm:
npm install -g @shadowspawn/nvh
nvh help
nvh installs node to /usr/local by default, but you may change this location by defining NVH_PREFIX (see environment variables). The downloads are written to a stash in subdirectory nvh/versions.
One way to bootstrap an install if npm is not yet available:
git clone git@github.com:JohnRGee/nvh.git
./nvh/bin/nvh install lts
# Now node and npm are available
Execute nvh install <version> to download and install a version of node. If <version> has already been downloaded, nvh will install from its stash.
nvh install 4.9.1
nvh i lts
Execute nvh on its own to view your downloaded versions, and install the selected version.
$ nvh
node/v4.9.1
ο node/v6.14.3
node/v8.11.3
Use up/down arrow keys to select a version, return key to install, q to quit
(You can also use j and k to navigate up or down without using arrows.)
There are a variety of ways of specifying the target node version for nvh commands. Most commands use the latest matching version, and nvh ls-remote lists multiple matching versions.
Numeric version numbers can be complete or incomplete, with an optional leading v.
4.9.18: 8.x.y versionsv6.1: 6.1.x versionsThere are labels for two especially useful versions:
lts: latest Long Term Support official releaselatest: latest official releaseThere is support for release streams:
argon, boron, carbon: codenames for LTS release streamsv6.x, 7.x: major version number release streamsThe last form is for specifying other releases available using the name of the remote download folder followed by the complete or incomplete version.
chakracore-release/latestnightly/10test/v11.0.0-test20180528rc/v10.0.0-rc.1There are two commands for working directly with your downloaded versions of node, without reinstalling.
You can show the path to the downloaded version:
$ nvh which 6.14.3
/usr/local/nvh/versions/6.14.3/bin/node
Or run a downloaded node version with the nvh run command:
nvh run 8.11.3 --debug some.js
A node install normally includes npm as well, but you may wish to preserve an updated npm and npx leaving them out of the install:
$ nvh install latest
installed : v10.6.0
$ npm --version
6.1.0
$ nvh install --preserve v8.0.0
installed : v8.0.0
$ npm --version
6.1.0
List matching remote versions available for download:
nvh ls-remote lts
nvh ls-remote latest
nvh lsr 6
nvh lsr --all
List downloaded versions in stash:
nvh ls
Remove some downloaded versions:
nvh rm 0.9.4 v0.10.0
Remove all downloaded versions except the installed version:
nvh prune
Display diagnostics to help resolve problems:
nvh doctor
tj/nThere are a lot of minor changes! Taking advantage of a fresh start.
n use and n as --> nvh runn --lts --> nvh lsr ltsn --latest --> nvh lsr latestn <version> --> nvh i[nstall] versionrsync rather than cp for installsn bin aliasn - aliasstable version label--download option--arch optionThe nvh command downloads and installs to /usr/local by default, but you may override this location by defining NVH_PREFIX.
To change the location to say $HOME/.nvh, add lines like the following to your shell initialization file:
export NVH_PREFIX=$HOME/.nvh
export PATH=$NVH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
See more Environment Variables for specifying a custom node mirror, working through a proxy, and other settings.
nvhnvh is a fork from tj/n, so the original is an alternative!
nvh does not:
Three alternatives offering different feature sets are:
[4.0.0] (2018-07-29)
Major changes to install:
install command like nvh install ltsrsyncnvh version selectioncurrent as alias for latest
nvh install <version> command, rather than implicit nvh <version>rsync. This is a significant change and a new dependency for minimal installs, but allows improving some behaviours in a consistent way.
shellcheck (ongoing work-in-progress)
--preserve now works with interactive version selection toocurl and wget commandsFAQs
Node Version Helper. Easily install Node.js versions.
The npm package @shadowspawn/nvh receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, @shadowspawn/nvh popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @shadowspawn/nvh demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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