NVM Command Not Found

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I am trying to install node version manager and followed the installation instructions provided at its Github page.

Installation got over but now I am getting an error as command not found: nvm when I try using nvm install 0.8

Can someone please help me find out why I am gettting an error that nvm is not found when I have already installed it.

What steps did you already take? Was the installation successful? — guntbert, Mar 18 '13 at 19:22
Please post the commands (and their output) you ran before nvm install 0.8. — Eric Carvalho, Mar 18 '13 at 23:21
Close and open your Terminal. Type the following command to verify nvm command works. nvm — H A, Feb 20 '15 at 18:17

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '13 at 06:09

The problem is that you need nvm to be automatically sourced upon login, so either add the following line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile file.

[[ -s $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh

Also nvm doesn't set any version of node automatically so if you just installed nvm and installed a node version and try to use node the next time you login, you get an error that command not found: node unless you use the nvm use versionnumber command in every terminal session, so Instead I suggest you to set a default alias so that a default version of node is active for every terminal session using the following command

nvm alias default versionnumber

PS: In the above commands version number denotes the version number of nodejs that you have already installed using nvm

this is not working: no such file or directory – Madeo Mar 10 '21 at 02:26 — Madeo, Mar 10 '21 at 02:26

score 11 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 05 '13 at 13:48

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Simply Try

source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
Then You Can Easily: nvm install 0.10

edited Dec 05 '13 at 13:48

Eric Carvalho

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answered Dec 05 '13 at 13:21

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that may work temporarily, but will you need to re-source the file for every terminal session? – Alexander Mills Jun 07 '16 at 20:58

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