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Installing Node.js with nvm to Linux & macOS & WSL

A quick guide on how to setup Node.js development environment.

Install nvm for managing Node.js versions

nvm allows installing several versions of Node.js to the same system. Sometimes applications require a certain versions of Node.js to work. Having the flexibility of using specific versions can help.

1. Open new Terminal window.

danielbachhuber

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add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', function( $wp_admin_bar ){
	$args = array(
		'id'      => 'your-logo',
		'title'   => '<img style="padding-top:5px;" src="' . plugins_url( 'img/your-logo.png',  __FILE__ ) . '" />',
		);
	$wp_admin_bar->add_node( $args );
}, 0 );
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', function( $wp_admin_bar ){
	$wp_admin_bar->remove_node( 'wp-logo' );

zenkay

Ruby, RVM and Mountain Lion

Key problems

Mountain Lion (10.8) has three main difference compared to Lion (10.7):

• XCode 4.4 does not install Command Line Tools by default
• X11 isn't available anymore
• The installed version of OpenSSL has some bugs

How to work around

isaacs

echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh