Install Nodejs the right way in M1 & M2 Mac.

This guide is specifically for MacBook models M1 and M2 for a new and fresh install.

Step 1 - Install Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Brew give you another steps (like that) and do every command every steps.

- Add Homebrew to your PATH in ~/.zprofile:
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> ~/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

Last, brew doctor tell you everything if install perfect or there is any issue.

Step 2 - Install Node version Manager aka NVM

brew install NVM

You should create NVM's working directory if it doesn't exist:

mkdir ~/.nvm

Add the following to ~/.zshrc or your desired shell configuration file:

Last, do source ~/.zshrc or restart terminal.

Step 3 - Install Nodejs

Open website nodejs website nodejs.org to check which version you need to install LTS version or Stable. You can change later with NVM manager.

nvm install 20 (or 21 check number to install)

Step 3 - Install NPM

Open website nodejs website nodejs.org to check which version you need to install LTS version or Stable. You can change later with NVM manager.

brew install npm

Tips

Here is other commends which help

#Some packages are not functioning properly on Macs with M1 or M2 processors.
npm install node-gyp

#switch node version
nvm use (node version 20 or 21)

Reference link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jmtF6qpWq8