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Note: We still have some problems with FreeBSD, because there is no pre-built binary from official for FreeBSD, and building from source may need [patches](https://www.freshports.org/www/node/files/patch-deps_v8_src_base_platform_platform-posix.cc), see the issue ticket:
- [[#900] [Bug] nodejs on FreeBSD need to be patched ](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/900)
- [nodejs/node#3716](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3716)
- [nodejs/node#3716](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3716)

Note: On OSX, if you do not have XCode installed and you do not wish to download the ~4.3GB file, you can install the `Command Line Tools`. You can check out this blog post on how to just that:
Note: On OSX, if you do not have XCode installed and you do not wish to download the ~4.3GB file, you can install the `Command Line Tools`. You can check out this blog post on how to just that:
- [How to Install Command Line Tools in OS X Mavericks & Yosemite (Without Xcode)](http://osxdaily.com/2014/02/12/install-command-line-tools-mac-os-x/)

Homebrew installation is not supported.

### Install script

To install or update nvm, you can use the [install script][2] using cURL:
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nvm install -s 0.8.6

If setting the `default` alias does not establish the node version in new shells (i.e. `nvm current` yields `system`), ensure that the system's node PATH is set before the `nvm.sh` source line in your shell profile (see [#658](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/658))

[1]: https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git
[2]: https://github.com/creationix/nvm/blob/v0.29.0/install.sh
[3]: https://travis-ci.org/creationix/nvm
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