How to install multiple appium versions on my Mac

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Hi,

My goal is to install two different Appium versions on my Mac. I want to use both versions to satisfy some cloud hosting requirements (iOS emulators require different version than Android emulators). How can I install and switch between both versions?
I tried using AVM https://github.com/abhinavsingh/avm but it is not supported anymore. I forked the project and started to debug it, but it is a never ending story. Is there another way how to achieve that?

Cheers

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Hello,

If you are using the appium desktop, install and use the Keep both version as

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If you want to use appium cli, try to install as below

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+++Install version 1.20.1
% npm install --prefix /opt/appium1.20.1 [email protected]
+++Install version 1.20.2
% npm install --prefix /opt/appium1.20.2 [email protected]
–
+++ Start the version 1.20.1
% cd /opt/appium1.20.1
% ./node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js --version
1.20.1
% ./node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.20.1
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4723
+++Start the version 1.20.2
% cd /opt/appium1.20.2
% ./node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js --version
1.20.2
% ./node_modules/appium/build/lib/main.js -p 4724
[Appium] Welcome to Appium v1.20.2
[Appium] Non-default server args:
[Appium] port: 4724
[Appium] Appium REST http interface listener started on 0.0.0.0:4724

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Hi Lien,

Thank you for this awesome solution. Your appium cli steps are what I was looking for.

Cheers!

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