Install does not work on Mac (capitan)

[mesozoic-technology]

I installed both with curl & with git clone, and the command nvm does not work for me. After including . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh in my .bashrc.

Is there something different about the new mac os ?

[ljharb]

Is it a fresh install? I assume you're using the stock bash. Do you have a ~/.bash_profile file? If that's present, I think OS X doesn't source ~/.bashrc.

[ljharb]

@realisation Also, please try . $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh on the command line, and confirm that nvm does at least work properly when sourced!

[shri3k]

please try . $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh on the command line, and confirm that nvm does at least work properly when sourced!

@ljharb That does indeed work. However, I did have the ~/.bash_profile but it didn't include the script in there when I curled it.

[ljharb]

OK - this is just an issue with the install script then. To fix for your case, manually add these two lines in the last section of https://github.com/creationix/nvm#manual-install

[license2e]

@ljharb re: Do you have a ~/.bash_profile file? If that's present, I think OS X doesn't source ~/.bashrc.

That worked! Thank you!!

Steps to fix:

1. open ~/.bashrc and cut the lines that add nvm.sh to the $PATH
2. create the file bash_profile: touch ~/.bash_profile
3. open that file in your favorite editor, and paste in the cut lines
4. restart terminal

[simonh1000]

What is the final recommendation for this:

• i have no .bashrc and in .bash_profile I have

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

but this is not enough to get to use node and npm

[ljharb]

@simonh1000 nvm alias default node if you want a version auto-used on shell startup. By default, you always have to nvm use something every time you open a new shell.

[simonh1000]

@ljharb thansk so much - I must have done that months ago on the old machine and forgotten about it

[ljharb]

This appears resolved?