From db9ce01ddc4b8d3975a24110d6c7dc6c3f796080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Kutzner Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 10:22:19 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Put steps in order. MY FIRST OPEN SOURCE CONTRIB!! --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e844a9d..501f7fb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ bleeding edge version without uninstalling the stable version of node, this util Uninstall any existing versions of Node.js before installing NVM for Windows (otherwise you'll have conflicting versions). Delete any existing Node.js installation directories (e.g., "C:\Program Files\nodejs") that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory. -Delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\<user>\\AppData\Roaming\npm") to prevent global module conflicts. Remember to backup any global `npmrc` config (e.g. `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc`), or copy the settings to the user config `C:\Users\<user>\.npmrc`. +You can backup any global `npmrc` config (e.g. `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc`), or copy the settings to the user config `C:\Users\<user>\.npmrc`. Delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\<user>\\AppData\Roaming\npm") to prevent global module conflicts. #### Install nvm-windows From 4410be938709d276c1913dd6eceaa505c1b34c24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tatham Oddie Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 13:41:55 +1100 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] readme: update install path references Fix incorrectly encoded "<" and ">" Use system-agnostic special folder paths --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e844a9d..5f8a0a5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ bleeding edge version without uninstalling the stable version of node, this util #### _PREREQUISITE:_ Uninstall existing node & npm -Uninstall any existing versions of Node.js before installing NVM for Windows (otherwise you'll have conflicting versions). Delete any existing Node.js installation directories (e.g., "C:\Program Files\nodejs") that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory. +Uninstall any existing versions of Node.js before installing NVM for Windows (otherwise you'll have conflicting versions). Delete any existing Node.js installation directories (e.g., `%ProgramFiles%\nodejs`) that might remain. NVM's generated symlink will not overwrite an existing (even empty) installation directory. -Delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\<user>\\AppData\Roaming\npm") to prevent global module conflicts. Remember to backup any global `npmrc` config (e.g. `C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\etc\npmrc`), or copy the settings to the user config `C:\Users\<user>\.npmrc`. +Delete the existing npm install location (e.g. `%AppData%\npm\`) to prevent global module conflicts. Remember to backup any global `npmrc` config (e.g. `%AppData%\etc\npmrc`), or copy the settings to the user config (`%UserProfile%\.npmrc`). #### Install nvm-windows From d9bfb9dfc1c40f847ddde2fa30bd753ac659ad52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Tour=C3=A9=20Holder?= Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 11:19:24 -0300 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update README.md Update version of npm docs referenced --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e844a9d..bcbf194 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/configuring-npm/install#windows-node-version-managers)/[Microsoft](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/nodejs/setup-on-windows)/Google recommended **Node.js version manager for _Windows_**. +The [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/install#windows-node-version-managers)/[Microsoft](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/nodejs/setup-on-windows)/Google recommended **Node.js version manager for _Windows_**. # This is not the same thing as nvm. _The original [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) is a completely separate project for Mac/Linux only._ This project uses an entirely different philosophy and is not just a clone of nvm. Details are listed in the [Why another version manager?](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows#why-another-version-manager) and [what's the big difference?](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows#whats-the-big-difference) sections.