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Outdated "Downloading and installing Node.js and npm"

Open MikeMcC399 opened this issue 11 months ago • 4 comments

Situation

URL: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm Title: Downloading and installing Node.js and npm Source page: https://github.com/npm/documentation/blob/main/content/getting-started/configuring-your-local-environment/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm.mdx

The page separately links to

  • https://nodejs.org/en/download/
  • https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/

The https://nodejs.org/en/download/ has however been substantially changed and the old https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ page no longer exists.

Instead https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ redirects to https://nodejs.org/en/download/.

The version managers recommended on https://nodejs.org/en/download/ differ from the ones recommended by the npm docs.

Edit: Removed the table attempting to summarize https://nodejs.org/en/download/ as it appears to be too dynamic to keep up with.

~~Also the page refers to the outdated term "OS X". This was rebranded in 2016 to "macOS" with the Sierra release - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS.~~ Edit: fixed

Suggestions

  • [ ] npm should decide whether it wants to keep its own suggestions or align with Node.js suggestions for Node.js version managers
  • [ ] Separate links to the https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/ should be removed / consolidated to use only the active https://nodejs.org/en/download/ page
  • [X] Rename "OS X" references to "macOS"

MikeMcC399 avatar Jan 28 '25 11:01 MikeMcC399