Switching from nvm to n

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How to switch from nvm to n

# 1.
# remove nvm script
rm -rf ~/.nvm

# 2.
# Remove any references to nvm in your ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, ~/.config/fish/config.fish or whatever your config file is

# 3.
# uninstall node. removes any node modules and such from old versions of node
brew uninstall node --force --ignore-dependencies

# 4.
# new fresh clean node
brew install node

# 5.
# this is your version manager
npm install --global n

# 6.
# it needs access to your local bin so it can update the node symlink
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/bin

# 7.
# it installs all the node versions in this other folder and symlinks /usr/local/bin/node to these
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/n
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local/n

# 8.
# install whatever version of node you want
n 8.9.0

# 9.
# install yarn too
npm install --global yarn@1.1.0

# 10.
# remove node modules
rm -rf node_modules
yarn cache clean
yarn