Cannot Install Latest Nodejs Using Conda On Mac
Answer : Currently, the latest version nodejs 14.x requires icu>=65 which is not yet globally available across conda-forge packages. Therefore it can be installed into a new environment with conda create -n new_env_name -c conda-forge nodejs , but most likely will raise package conflicts in existing environments. conda install node-js -c conda-forge installing the very old version 6.13.1 seems to be a solver problem. conda install nodejs -c conda-forge --repodata-fn=repodata.json will install a more current version: nodejs-13.x. Alternative workaround is to use mamba as a conda replacement. Credits go to Wolf Vollprecht. Here's my workaround: I installed nodejs for Mac from the .pkg file from the offical site and then every time I update packages in my conda environments, I force remove the nodejs version conda installs with: conda uninstall --force nodejs and then go about using the environment as if it had nodejs installed. That way when any other package need...