There's a similar question here on Ask Different - What are pros and cons for MacPorts, Fink and Homebrew? - that does a comparison of the different package managers. How can I switch my system from the usage of the /usr/local/bin Node installation to the /usr/local/Cellar one?.Should I use Homebrew or the official installer? Why? For me it seems like Homebrew has some advantages over an installer like an easier uninstalling process and a better possibility to update the installed software packages.The node installation from Homebrew is in /usr/local/Cellar. So clearly the official installation is in favour here (maybe because I installed it first? I don't know).

When I run the command which node it outputs /usr/local/bin. So now it seems that I have two installations of Node on my system. I then switched to Homebrew and installed it via brew install node.

So first, I installed it via its official installer file. The official macOS installation guide offers different alternatives to do so. Let's say I want to install Node.js on my Mac. I wonder how programs should be installed on Mac? Via Homebrew or an official installer if there is one?

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