source command also necessary following the install script step

[aj07mm]

here is the Stackoverflow quesiton: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16904658/node-version-manager-install-nvm-command-not-found/17707224#17707224

seems that this is a common problem. I installed via curl but still i had to do the source comand to get the nvm running.

[ljharb]

Related to #592 - it seems to be incredibly difficult to a) properly detect which shell you're running in a portable and generic way, and b) properly detect which profile file is the appropriate one to modify.

Please use . and not source, since it's more portable, and please modify this note since the vast majority of nvm users don't need to do anything following the install script - this only applies to certain Linux distributions, or people who have modified their system shells.