How to install node (node.js) on Mac

Installing node on Mac require brew (Homebrew). If you have not installed it, you can follow Brew installation guide. Here are the steps to install node on Mac on command line.

1. Install node

   $ brew install node
   

2. In case you need to upgrade already installed node

   $ brew upgrade node
   

3. Print info about installed package

   $ brew info node
   node: stable 5.5.0 (bottled), HEAD
   Platform built on the V8 JavaScript runtime to build network applications
   https://nodejs.org/
   ...
   ...
   

4. List installed files

   $ brew list -v node
   

5. Check the installation

   $ node --version
   v5.5.0
   $ npm --version
   3.5.3
   

6. Self update npm to latest version as npm installed along with node may not be latest.

   $ npm update -g npm