Here’s how I successfully upgraded a latest version without any other requirements like brew etc
Step 1:
sudo npm cache clean -f
Step 2:
sudo npm install -g n
Step 3:
sudo n stable
Note step 3: stable
can be exchanged for latest
, lts
(long term support) or any specific version number such as X.XX.XX
.
If the version number doesn’t show up after typing
node -v
you might reboot.