Below are steps to install NodeJS on macOS (Catalina, Big Sur) using Terminal commands,
Quick steps to install NodeJS:- Open Terminal (Open Spotlight search and type - Terminal),
- Make sure you have brew installed - if not follow the article to install brew on macOS,
- Type command: brew install node
code2care@mac ~ % brew install node ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/brotli/manifests/1.0.9 ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/brotli/blobs/sha256:bcd00b6f423ec35f98aec55bc2c1cf433b6e70e915cdf04d .. .. ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/node/manifests/15.14.0 ==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/node/blobs/sha256:221d1c7c020742aa23c390bdd6392895317b718501aa462686 ==> Downloading from https://pkg-containers-az.githubusercontent.com/ghcr1/blobs/sha256:221d1c7c020742aa23c390bdd6392 ==> Installing dependencies for node: brotli, c-ares, icu4c, libuv, jemalloc, libev, openssl@1.1 and nghttp2 ==> Installing node dependency: brotli ==> Pouring brotli--1.0.9.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/brotli/1.0.9: 25 files, 2.3MB ==> Installing node dependency: c-ares ==> Pouring c-ares--1.17.1.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz 🍺 /opt/homebrew/Cellar/c-ares/1.17.1: 85 files, 693.8KB ==> Installing node dependency: icu4c ==> Pouring icu4c--68.2.arm64_big_sur.bottle.tar.gz ==> Caveats icu4c is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /opt/homebrew, because macOS provides libicucore.dylib (but nothing else). .. ==> openssl@1.1 A CA file has been bootstrapped using certificates from the system keychain. To add additional certificates, place .pem files in /opt/homebrew/etc/openssl@1.1/certs and run /opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/bin/c_rehash openssl@1.1 is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /opt/homebrew, because macOS provides LibreSSL. If you need to have openssl@1.1 first in your PATH, run: echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc For compilers to find openssl@1.1 you may need to set: export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/lib" export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/openssl@1.1/include"
- Test if Node was installed correctly by command: node -v
code2care@mac ~ % node -v
v15.14.0
code2care@mac ~ % node
Welcome to Node.js v15.14.0.
Type ".help" for more information.
> .help
.break Sometimes you get stuck, this gets you out
.clear Alias for .break
.editor Enter editor mode
.exit Exit the REPL
.help Print this help message
.load Load JS from a file into the REPL session
.save Save all evaluated commands in this REPL session to a file
Press Ctrl+C to abort current expression, Ctrl+D to exit the REPL
> .exit
code2care@mac ~ %

✌️ You can also download a .dmg file and install Node from https://nodejs.org/en/
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