node-get-run

node-get-run installs specific versions of node, either nightlies or released versions, in a local folder.

Install

$ npm install --global node-get-run

Usage

For the first time:

$ node-get-run --release v12.0.1
{status: installed}

And then just use node-get-run as if it were node:

$ node-get-run --inspect --debug-brk index.js

or

$ node-get-run index.js

Installation options

1. node-get-run --nightly {version} Install a specific nightly, e.g., v12.0.0-nightly20181024bb79e768e5
2. node-get-run --release {version} Install a specific version, e.g., v12.0.0
3. ~~node-get-run --upgrade Install the latest nightly~~ (tbd)
4. ~~node-get-run --clean Delete the currently installed version~~ (tbd)

Clean-up

To delete node-get-run's currently installed version of node just rm -rf .node-get-run.

Credit

This is a derived from node-nightly, from which I got the idea. I changed it to enable a nightly, version, or release to be specified as opposed to just a nightly. I also removed the ability to just fetch the latest nightly until I think it through. I'm not sure how --upgrade should interact with the version relative to the version currently installed, e.g., if node v10.15.1 is installed does --upgrade mean upgrade to a more current version of node 10 or the next node 10 nightly past v10.15.1 or the latest nightly regardless of the node version currently installed.

License

MIT © Hemanth.HM