"node -v" shows wrong version after "brew upgrade node"

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I upgraded my version of Node.js with brew upgrade node which installed v5.3.0. But when I get the version of node with node -v it shows v0.10.29.

I tried brew link --overwrite node but that didn't work.

Brew has node linked to /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.29 so I went there and noticed that there are other versions of node including the version I want in /usr/local/Cellar/node/.

How do I tell brew to link node to /usr/local/Cellar/node/5.3.0 ?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Try to brew link --override node

Also see related question How to install latest version of Node using Brew.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Dec 30 '15 at 07:05

Alexey B.

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That didn't work, it responded with `Warning: Already linked: /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.10.29 To relink: brew unlink node && brew link node` – Rich McCluskey Dec 30 '15 at 07:07
Sorry I forgot to say that I tried that and it just re-linked it to 0.10.29, I think I will try deleting the other versions and seeing what happens... yep that worked!! – Rich McCluskey Dec 30 '15 at 07:16
Given that this answer has gotten more upvotes and seems to be helping the most, I'm going to make it the accepted answer – Rich McCluskey Oct 19 '17 at 18:47
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"Invalid option: --override" – png Mar 15 '19 at 19:14
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Should be `brew link --overwrite node` – nickb Feb 29 '20 at 19:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 30 '15 at 07:21

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I removed the other versions of node that I didn't want in /usr/local/Cellar/node/ and then ran :> brew unlink node && brew link node and it fixed the problem.

answered Dec 30 '15 at 07:21

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"node -v" shows wrong version after "brew upgrade node"

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