Is it possible to install Node.js on macOS High Sierra Version 10.13.6? This is the latest version my mid 2014 Macbook Pro can support

Question

My mid 2014 Macbook Pro can't be updated past High Sierra 10.13.6. I am trying to install ANY version of node.js. Is there any way to get Node.js running on my device? My end goal is to use Angular

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I used brew to install node in Terminal:

brew install node

I was given this warning amongst other stuff:

Warning: You are using macOS 10.13.
We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version.

After installation, I tried the following:

node

I got this in response:

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/node (which was built for Mac OS X 10.15)
Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: ____chkstk_darwin
Referenced from: /usr/local/bin/node (which was built for Mac OS X 10.15) Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Abort trap: 6

Answer 1

I had the same problem...

I believe the last nodejs version suported by high sierra is v17.9.1

https://nodejs.org/download/release/v17.9.1/

Answer 2

I ran into a similar problem and here's how I fixed it:

1. Download and install nvm from this GitHub link: github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
2. Run the following commands:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"

[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"

3. Reload the bash_profile using source ~/.bash_profile
4. Check if nvm is installed using nvm --version. You should get something like 0.39.2 in the output
5. Once nvm is installed, run nvm install 17.9.1 to install Node 17.9.1
6. Check node and npm versions to make sure they have been installed correctly using node -v and npm -v. You should get outputs like v17.9.1 and 8.11.0 respectively.

Answer 3

I installed nodejs19 via macports on High Sierra

Answer 4

I'm not good at English, please read with consideration
You can also install node v21.7.0

brew install llvm@12
/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc # on line 80
"#{ENV["HOMEBREW_PREFIX"]}/opt/llvm/bin/#{Regexp.last_match(1)}"

rewrite this as below

"#{ENV["HOMEBREW_PREFIX"]}/opt/llvm@12/bin/#{Regexp.last_match(1)}"

llvm@15 is required, there are several ways

How to install llvm@13 with Homerew on macOS High Sierra 10.13.6? Got "Built target lldELF" error

or

brew install --cc=llvm_clang llvm@15

download, Extraction, copying, takes time, before make

/tmp/llvmA15...../llvm-project-15.0.7.src/lldb/source/Host/macosx/objcxx/HostInfoMacOSX.mm # on line 236

if (cputype == CPU_TYPE_ARM64 && cpusubtype == CPU_SUBTYPE_ARM64E) {

rewrite this as below

if (cputype == CPU_TYPE_ARM64) {

After installing llvm@15

/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc # on line 80

"#{ENV["HOMEBREW_PREFIX"]}/opt/llvm@12/bin/#{Regexp.last_match(1)}"

rewrite this as below

"#{ENV["HOMEBREW_PREFIX"]}/opt/llvm@15/bin/#{Regexp.last_match(1)}"

Set environment variables in .zshrc or .bashrc

export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1
brew edit node

rewrite line 36 as a comment

# on_macos do  
#   depends_on "llvm" => [:build, :test] if DevelopmentTools.clang_build_version <= 1100  
# end

Disable System Integrity Protection (SIP)

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection

sudo cp /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/include/os/signpost.h /usr/include/os/
sudo vim /usr/include/os/signpost.h # on line 280

#define os_signpost_event_emit(log, event_id, name, ...) \\  
   os_signpost_emit_with_type(log, OS_SIGNPOST_EVENT, \\  
    event_id, name, ##__VA_ARGS__)

rewrite this as below

#define os_signpost_event_emit(log, event_id, name, ...)  
   // os_signpost_emit_with_type(log, OS_SIGNPOST_EVENT, \\  
    event_id, name, ##__VA_ARGS__)

brew install --cc=llvm_clang node

Enable SIP if you don't want to touch the system

Summarized, read the link for more details

https://github.com/orgs/Homebrew/discussions/4751

Answer 5

In case you need new verson of nodejs. I believe, it's possible to install linux/windows on older macbooks to use nodejs 18+.

Answer 6

For mac 10.13.X the solution for me was to alter the nvm install version on my mac to:

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash

then install the last version that works on my os.

`nvm install 16.20.2`

then nvm -v & node -v. both commands now return values rather than the error the original poster and I experienced. I selected the versions simply by correlating release dates from the nvm github repo and the Nodejs.org so these are untested in terms of compatibility on my mac but this has gotten me to start running frameworks