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!
Top comments (22)
Thanks!! /o/
This was really helpful, though in my case - I had to nano ~/.bash_profile and added the code snippet
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