So if you have the latestgeneric node package already installed you need to unlink it first.

By unlinking you are leaving the other version physically installed on your system but the one you install (after the unlink) will become the default version on your system.

Then you could do brew install homebrewversionsnode4-lts (which you should see as a version listed per the instructions in this answer).

If you have another version of the node formula installed, youll also need to run brew unlink node first.

I wish I had tried this one the first, because I would have saved a lot of time.

Id be interested in hearing any war stories on this.

Because on the surface I seem to have this working despite the fact its not supported.

Also, it is kinda complex through brew to install the exact version.

My point is that your answer doesnt seem to add to anything that hasnt already been said in other answers - unless theres a reason to unlinkmanually install rather than uninstallmanually install, as Terente suggested.

But you will be limited by options that brew search gives.

For eg. if you want node 4.4.6 exactly but the brew will only provide a node4 option.

What Im trying to get you to do is explain why your answer adds to these existing answers.

Why do you feel that unlinkingmanually installing is preferable to the existing answers Specifically, why do you feel that unlinkingmanually installing is better than uninstallingmanually installing, as Terentes answer suggests.

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