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1. Download & Install LTS NodeJS Package from here

2. Create new Directory for NPM and Global Packages:

   mkdir ~/.npm-packages

3. Configure NPM to use the new directory:

   npm config set prefix ~/.npm-packages/

4. Create or Modify ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc and add the following:

   NOTE: Starting with macOS Catalina, ZSH will be the default shell

   NOTE: I use Visual Studio Code and have enabled Launching from the command line.

   code ~/.bash_profile or code ~/.zshrc

   Add the following line to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc

   # The next line is for running NPM 
   export PATH=~/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH
   

5. Run the below command to update system variables:

   source ~/.bash_profile or source ~/.zshrc

   NOTE: I highy recommend you completely exit and restart Terminal/SecureCRT instead of running this command to ensure configuration sticks.

6. Verify NPM is running in your new location:

   npm list -g -depth=0

   Output should look similar to below (emphasis added):

   JMCOMBSMBP:~ jmcombs$ npm list -g -depth=0
   \!h /Users/jmcombs/.npm-packages/lib
   └── npm@6.9.0
   

7. Upgrade NPM to the latest version

   • npm install npm -g

8. Verify NPM is latest version (at the time of writing this it is 6.9.0)

   npm list -g -depth=0

   Output should look similar to below (emphasis added):

   JMCOMBSMBP:~ jmcombs$ npm list -g -depth=0
   /Users/jmcombs/.npm-packages/lib
   └── npm@6.9.0
   

   npm -v

   Output should look similar to below (emphasis added):

   JMCOMBSMBP:~ jmcombs$ npm -v
   \!h 6.9.0
   

9. Success

Sources used for this article:

• Special formatting for snippet code
• Resolving EACCES permissions errors when installing packages globally
• Node and npm without sudo