Configs

Node.js

Install Node.js via fnm

The Fast Node Manager (fnm) is a fast, cross-platform node version manager written in Rust. Earlier I was using nvm

On the Node.js download via package manager page, select the highest LTS Node version, on Linux and using fnm to get a list of bash commands you’ll enter in the terminal:

• Install fnm:

  curl -fsSL https://fnm.vercel.app/install | bash
  

• View your Shell profile file (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc). It would’ve added the fnm installation location to your PATH as:

  FNM_PATH="/home/kumar/.local/share/fnm"
  if [ -d "$FNM_PATH" ]; then
    export PATH="/home/kumar/.local/share/fnm:$PATH"
    eval "`fnm env`"
  fi
  

• For Shell completions, refer their Shell setup section. For ZSH, add these lines at end of the file:

  eval "$(fnm env --use-on-cd --shell zsh)"
  

• Reload your shell to load those changes and activate fnm:

  exec $(which $SHELL)
  

• Install latest LTS Node.js version:

  fnm install --lts
  

• Verify Node.js installation:

  node -v
  npm -v
  

Common fnm commands

fnm -h # Commands Help
fnm -V # Get FNM version
fnm list # or "fnm ls" to list your installed node versions
fnm list-remote # list all available remote node versions
fnm install 22 # install a specific node version
fnm current # node version you're currently using
fnm use 22 # switch to a node version
fnm use --install-if-missing 20 # install and use specific node version
fnm uninstall 22

We use fnm to install Node, and pnpm as the package manager for our projects

Install pnpm

pnpm is a fast, space-efficient package manager for Node. It re-uses packages across the node_modules/ folders of all your packages with the help of symlinks. It also has a robust lockfile management mechanism making dependency resolution much better, leading to faster downloads and builds

• As per the pnpm Installation page. to install pnpm on POSIX systems:

  wget -qO- https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -
  

• View your Shell profile file (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc). It would’ve added the pnpm installation location to your PATH as:

  # pnpm
  export PNPM_HOME="/home/kumar/.local/share/pnpm"
  case ":$PATH:" in
    *":$PNPM_HOME:"*) ;;
    *) export PATH="$PNPM_HOME:$PATH" ;;
  esac
  # pnpm end
  

• Reload shell and verify pnpm installed:

  exec $(which $SHELL)
  pnpm -v
  pnpm
  

npm vs pnpm commands

npm command	pnpm equivalent
npm install (all project packages)	pnpm install
npm install <package> (also -g or -D flags)	pnpm add <package>
npm run <scriptname>	pnpm <scriptname>
npx <package>	pnpm dlx <package>