Meteor Svelte installation & configuration using nodejs

As of 1st Jan 2023, Meteor requires node version 14.x

Most of us use the latest node version.

So to use meteor we have to install node version 14 whole keeping the latest version of nodejs

1. Open CMD

2. Check the current node version

   node --version
   

3. Download NVM (Node version manager) Node Version Manager URL

   Now install nvm

4. Open CMD and run

   nvm list
   

   To check how many node versions are available on the system

5. Now to install an older version of the node, run

   nvm install 14.0.0
   

6. Now check all the available versions of the node in the system

   nvm list
   

   This time there will be 2 available version

7. Run this code to use node 14.0.0

   nvm use 14.0.0
   

8. Additionally, we might need a specific npm version too, to install a specific npm version, run this code

   npm install -g [email protected]
   

9. Now install meteor globally

   npm install -g meteor
   

10. Now open the project folder path in CMD or in VScode & run

meteor create --svelte --tailwind .

11. To run the application, run

meteor

or, to run the application with a specific port, run

   meteor --port 8080