Install NVM, Node.js, Yarn via Homebrew

install_nodejs_and_yarn_homebrew.md

Install NVM, NodeJS, Yarn via Homebrew

Prerequisites

• Homebrew should be installed (Command line tools for Xcode are included).

Getting start

Install NVM and NodeJS

1. Install nvm via Homebrew

   $ brew install nvm

2. Create system directory for nvm

   $ mkdir ~/.nvm

3. Add following line to your profile. (.profile or .zshrc or .zprofile)

     # NVM
     export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
     source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

4. Close and open your terminal again. Or Choose one from the following command once for reload your profile. (.profile or .zshrc or .zprofile)

   Example

   • $ source ~/.profile
   • $ source ~/.zshrc
   • $ source ~/.zprofile

5. Verify nvm is installed

   $ nvm -v

6. Check all avaliable version by this command

   $ nvm ls-remote

7. Install NodeJS (Recommended to install LTS version. Current LTS is 8.10.0)

   $ nvm install 8.10.0

8. Check installed NodeJS in your machine.

   $ nvm ls

9. Set global nodejs version to environment.

   $ nvm use default

See more about nvm : https://github.com/creationix/nvm

Install Yarn

1. Install yarn via Homebrew without node dependencies

   $ brew install yarn --ignore-dependencies

2. Checkout node in environment $PATH

   $ which node

   It should be return => /User/<your's-user-name>/.nvm/versions/node/8.10.0/bin/node

3. Checkout brew doctor there should show message WARNING missing yarn dependencies

   $ brew doctor

4. Create symbol link from nvm for Homebrew

   $ ln -s ~/.nvm/versions/node/ /usr/local/Cellar/

   ** Note : If you installed multiple node versions via nvm. You should create symbol link by current global version. Following this commands **

   $ nvm current => v8.10.0

   $ mkdir /usr/local/Cellar/node

   $ ln -s ~/.nvm/versions/node/8.10.0/ /usr/local/Cellar/node

5. Checkout brew doctor again. There shouldn't have WARNING message.

   $ brew doctor