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How to install an older version of Node.js with NVM on Mac M1 chipset

I'm struggling with this problem for few days already, how to get version 10.24.1 of Node.js on my MacBook Pro with M1 chipset. It seems to install that version but once I open another terminal or close the existing terminal and open a new one there is the latest version of node (16.8.0)

These are the steps that I had followed:

  • installed brew

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

brew update

  • installed nvm

brew install nvm

  • created a directory for it

mkdir ~/.nvm

  • edited the file

vim ~/.zshrc

  • with this snippet:

export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm

source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

  • load it

source ~/.zshrc

  • installed the wanted version of node

nvm install 10.24.1

  • check it, works fine, it shows this version when node -v

  • use the version:

nvm use 10.24.1

Now, if I search nvm -v it returns 0.38.0, if I search node -v it returns 10.24.1. Everything as it should be. The problem is that this is not saved: if I open a new terminal and type the same commands, for nvm -v it shows the same value but the node version is the latest one, 16.8.0.

Also tried the whole process with running arch -x86_64 zsh before starting but same result.

Any suggestions how to solve this issue?

Solution

  • nvm alias default 10

    Change 10 to whatever LTS or other version of node you wish your default to be.