nvm command not found :(

Node Version Manager (NVM) is a tool used to manage multiple active Node.js versions.

If you're trying to install NVM(Node Version Manager) in WSL you probably may run into this error.

-bash: nvm: command not found

What is WSL ?

The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dual-boot setup.

How to fix this error ?

• Installation

To install nvm use the following cURL or Wget command

bash curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.3/install.sh | bash

• nvm command not found :(

Running either of the above commands downloads a script and runs it, but if you type nvm and if you get bash: nvm: command not found it happens because the source is missing from the following profile files

~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.bashrc

To fix this simply follow these steps.

• Steps

1) Type the following command.

nano ~/.zshrc

2) Add the source lines from the snippet below to the correct profile file at the bottom.

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

3) Close and restart the terminal it should fix the error!

The official documentation on GitHub is really helpful.

Thanks for reading!

Comments

[Gabriel Duete]

Thanks!! /o/

[Isabela Lima]

Thank you, this helped a lot!

[imrinzzzz]

Than you!!! I downloaded oh-my-zsh and it replaced my previous .zshrc file. This helps a lot TT.

[Bhavesh Kasturi]

Glad It helped! :)

[Viktor Kushniruk]

I wish I had read your comment before following the article...

[samboosa5k]

thank you! :D

[edwinb24]

Thanks!

[Mohammad Khalil]

thanks!
😍👌

[Jesse Loftus]

Perfect! Thank you! <3

[G.Singh]

Thank you good Sir.

[Neu]

Hej,
How did you exactly add this snippet code to the profile?

[Bhavesh Kasturi]

Hi, it was using markdown you can check this GitHub article

[Peter H. Szujewski]

YOU ARE THE BEST! Thank you.

[Santosh Sharma]

Thank You..!

[Herison S.]

Obrigadoooooooo

[Ridhik Govind]

This worked like a charm. Thanks a lot !

[Saia Fonua]

/usr/bin/curl: /usr/bin/curl: cannot execute binary file

I got this when trying to execute the curl command in the terminal

[fbf.dev]

This was really helpful, though in my case - I had to nano ~/.bash_profile and added the code snippet