I am attempting to set the default version of node to 14 using the following commands
nvm install 14
nvm alias default 14
But I only get a list of available commands instead...
running node --version
returns v20.10.0, which is the version I installed, but I thought the install 14 command above should install 14, the setting alias default 14 would set the default to 14.
I tried following instructions above from here...
Looks like you are on Windows OS, in which case you probably use nvm-windows, and not the original nvm tool, which works only on POSIX type OS (i.e. Linux, macOS).
nvm alias
command only exists for the latter, there is no equivalent for nvm-windows.
The SO post you refer to is about nvm for Linux.
IIRC, nvm install
with nvm-windows does not switch the current Node version; you have to explicitly call nvm use
after installation.
Furthermore, nvm-windows switches the Node version globally (using Windows PATH), so there is no point in having a default version.