From 82199daf262690f1c2886a97d767293ff54e661c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gwyn Judd Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 12:18:21 +1200 Subject: [PATCH] Installation instructions Updated readme.md to make sure to remove the existing npm install location --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 737b3f2..bfd1bca 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ bleeding edge version without uninstalling the stable version of node, this util It comes with an installer (and uninstaller), because getting it should be easy. Please note, you need to uninstall any existing versions of node.js before installing NVM for Windows. +You should also delete the existing npm install location (e.g. "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\npm") so that the nvm install location will be correctly used instead. After install, reinstalling global utilities (e.g. gulp) will have to be done for each installed version of node: + +`nvm use 4.4.0` +`npm install gulp -g` +`nvm use 0.10.33` +`npm install gulp -g` + [Download the latest installer from the releases](https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm/releases). ![NVM for Windows Installer](http://coreybutler.github.io/nvm-windows/images/installer.jpg)