How to run "nvm" in "oh my zsh"? - npm

Question

In the system there is a nodejs, installed through nvm. The command is not running npm.
Console is Oh my zsh

Answer 1

You can use zsh-nvm or enable it yourself by adding following lines to your ~/.zshrc
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
Extra:
For faster shell initialization, I use lazynvm which only loads node when needed
lazynvm() {
unset -f nvm node npm
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
}
nvm() {
lazynvm
nvm $#
}
node() {
lazynvm
node $#
}
npm() {
lazynvm
npm $#
}
Reference: Lazy load nvm for faster shell start

Answer 2

Switching from Bash to Oh-My-Zsh
If you already have nvm installed and you're switching from bash to oh-my-zsh you can simply open up your .zshrc file and add the nvm plugin that is included with oh-my-zsh:
Open your zsh config file.zshrc in nano with this command: nano ~/.zshrc
Scroll down to where it shows plugins=(git) and add nvm inside the parentheses to make it show as plugins=(git nvm) (separate plugins with spaces)
Press control + O (on macOS), then enter, to save, then press control + X to exit
Then open a new terminal window/tab and enter nvm ls to confirm it works. Note that you must open a new window/tab for your shell to use the newly updated .zshrc config (or enter source ~/.zshrc, etc.)
Source: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/tree/master/plugins/nvm

Answer 3

This worked for me on Ubuntu 20.04.
Install or update nvm
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.37.2/install.sh | bash
Add in your ~/.zshrc
echo 'export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm' >> ~/.zshrc
echo '[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"' >> ~/.zshrc
Load in the current shell environment
source ~/.zshrc
Check the nvm version
nvm -v

Answer 4

use homebrew to install nvm
brew install nvm
edit your system configuration
vim ~/.zshrc # or vim ~/.bashrc
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
esc > :wq
save file
reload the configuration
source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh
view nvm version
$ nvm --version
# 0.36.0
enjoy it.

Answer 5

A much easier solution is to use the nvm plugin that is shipped by default:
It also automatically sources nvm, so you don't need to do it manually
in your .zshrc
git clone https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm.git ~/.nvm
cd ~/.nvm && git checkout v0.35.1 (current latest release)
Add nvm to your ~/.zshrc. Ex: plugins=(... nvm)

Answer 6

I discovered that there is a nvm plug-in shipping with oh-my-zsh (that's different from lukechilds plugin). After short inspection, I think it adds the necessary modifications to .zshrc when loading, so simply adding nvm to the plugins list in .zshrc should work as well (and it does for me).
I did not find any more details on that default nvm plugin via google so I don't know whether this is the "go-to" solution.

Answer 7

Add this code to .zshrc on your user directory
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "/usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" ] && . "/usr/local/opt/nvm/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
[ -s "/usr/local/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm" ] && . "/usr/local/opt/nvm/etc/bash_completion.d/nvm" # This loads nvm bash_completion
Then run this code on your terminal:
source ~/.zshrc

Answer 8

With Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 and 22.10)
With your favorite editor, you edit ~/.zshrc
nano or vi ~/.zshrc
At the end of the file, you add :
# NVM
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
And then you run :
source ~/.zshrc

Answer 9

I strongly suggest using christophemarois' approach to lazy loading nvm (node, npm and global packages) in order to avoid slow shell starting times:
# Add every binary that requires nvm, npm or node to run to an array of node globals
NODE_GLOBALS=(`find ~/.nvm/versions/node -maxdepth 3 -type l -wholename '*/bin/*' | xargs -n1 basename | sort | uniq`)
NODE_GLOBALS+=("node")
NODE_GLOBALS+=("nvm")
# Lazy-loading nvm + npm on node globals call
load_nvm () {
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
[ -s "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh" ] && . "$(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh"
}
# Making node global trigger the lazy loading
for cmd in "${NODE_GLOBALS[#]}"; do
eval "${cmd}(){ unset -f ${NODE_GLOBALS}; load_nvm; ${cmd} \$# }"
done