Ubuntu – NVM Command Not Found

nodejs

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.

Best Answer

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

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Install nodejs 6

Get your nodejs tarball from node site e.g. node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.gz from v6.11.3

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.11.3/node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.g‌z

Unpack provided archive files to /opt/nodejs

mkdir -p /opt/nodejs
tar -xvzf node-v6.11.3-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt/nodejs/

Create link to current node version

cd /opt/nodejs
mv node-v6.11.3-linux-x64 6.11.3
ln -s 6.11.3 current

Create link to current node binary

ln -s /opt/nodejs/current/bin/node /bin/node

Verify Node version

node -v
v6.11.3

Ubuntu – Unable to install nodejs and npm correctly

Node.js package is available in two releases: LTS release and the current release. You can install any version you want. I am installing LTS version for this answer.

Add Node.js PPA

You will need curl to download the script, so first, install curl by typing sudo apt install curl in the terminal.

Once, curl is installed successfully, run the command to download and install the installer.

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -

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Now, run the below command install node on and Ubuntu using apt. This commmand will also install npm with nodejs. It will also install dependencies.

sudo apt install nodejs

Note: To check the version of node run the command

node -v

To check the version of npm run the command

npm -v

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