Install nvm on macbook m1 for work with node the best way

 On this week I buyed a new macbook pro m1 (thank you BTC for the partner), is a great laptop but is necesary to configure all environment for work with node and is necesary the next:

• Check the type of the bash
• Download the file to configure the nvm
• Check or create file to set environment vars in user folder
• Check is nvm configure to actual user
• Download the node

Check the type of the bash

The macbook pro m1 is configure to zsh bash (under macOS Monterrey) , but is probable to show another bash, for check this is necesary execute the next command line in a terminal

echo $SHELL

If the exist is

/bin/zsh

This tutorial is for you, is you not show the text, dont worry, in the official documentation is the step by step to configure all environment for your bash and is here

Download the file to configure the nvm

For download the file config, open a terminal and execute the next command

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash

Check or create file to set enviroment vars  in user folder

In this step we open or create a file with nano (this file is only work with zsh bash)

nano ~/.zshrc

and paste the next code (if the file containt a others vars, write this code to the end of file)

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

Reboot your Mac or logout

Check is nvm configure to actual user

Now in a terminal execute:

nvm -v

If you show the version of nvm, congratulations

Download the node

With nvm you have many options to downloads diferents version of node, if you simple execute in a terminal

nvm install node

The nvm install the last version of node, for install a specific version show the documentation, but is very easy to install. You can set the default version of node to work in your macbook, but for default, nvm set the laster version