zsh: command not found: nvm

Node Version Manager install - nvm command not found

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I think you missed this step:

source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

You can run this command on the bash OR you can put it in the file /.bashrc or ~/.profile or ~/.zshrc to automatically load it

https://github.com/creationix/nvm

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I think you missed this step:

source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

You can run this command on the bash OR you can put it in the file /.bashrc or ~/.profile or ~/.zshrc to automatically load it

https://github.com/creationix/nvm

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Check your .bash_profile, .zshrc, or .profile file. You most likely had a problem during the installation.

You should have the following at the end of one of those files.

[[ -s $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh  # This loads NVM

The . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh is the same as source $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh

See: Sourcing a File

You can also check to see if you have a .nvm folder.

ls -a | grep .nvm

If you're missing that folder then the installation failed to run the git command. This could be due to being behind a proxy. Try running the following instead.

git clone http://github.com/creationix/nvm.git .nvm

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Added this line to ./zshrc file. Working great. Original source: https://github.com/lukechilds/zsh-nvm

export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

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I was having the same problem after exiting the terminal the nvm command was not found. So to fix this you have to add

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  
# This loads nvm bash_completion

this line of code on your .zshrc file to do that type vim ~/.zshrc than add the following lines in the bottom and to save the file click ctrl than press :wq! to save file in vim you can also use nano

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The problem seems to be that gnome terminal does not load ~/.profile on startup, and there is where NVM is added to the path. You have two choices:

Go to "Edit" -> "Profile Preferences" in terminal and activate "Run command as a login shell". Then close and open again the terminal.

Add this at the end of ~/.bashrc:

[[ -s /home/$USER/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . /home/$USER/.nvm/nvm.sh

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i think you have miss this step

source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh

You can run this command on the bash OR you can but under the file /.bashrc or ~/.profile to automatically load

REF::https://github.com/creationix/nvm

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The README for nvm here has some important hints for you. When installing manually, the doc suggests that you can add the following to your .zshrc file:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

I suspect you are missing the first line. What does echo $NVM_DIR show you?

But even better, if you are using a plugin manager, such as Oh My Zsh (and you should be), you can simply install the zsh-nvm plugin by adding "nvm" to your list of plugins.