Error: Cannot find module './nvm-help'

[fresheneesz]

I just installed nvm on Centos 6.5 with the command: sudo npm install -g nvm, but when I run nvm -h it gives me the error:

Error: Cannot find module './nvm-help'

[fresheneesz]

It kind of looks like everything's broken actually. Trying to do nvm install 0.10.29 gives me:

/home/vagrant/.nvm/node-v0.10.29 doesn't exist, (need to downloaded first?) 0.10.29

even tho the docs say that nvm install should be downloading the files for me. Whats going on? Bad npm release?

[ljharb]

That's the wrong nvm package. Don't use that one - install via the readme on this repo.

[ljharb]

See https://github.com/brianloveswords/nvm/issues/5 and please indicate your displeasure there.

[fresheneesz]

@ljharb Oh there's actually no way to install nvm via npm? I have to say I'm surprised. Is there a reason for that?

[ljharb]

nvm is to install and manage node. You use it to install node in the first place (when you probably don't have it installed at all). Installing a node management tool via node doesn't really make much sense.

That said, if the package name became available on npm, I'd certainly figure out a way to publish it, if only to avoid future confusion.

[fresheneesz]

@ljharb Well, so actually, I have primarily used nvm as a way to .. manage versions of node (that's in the name after all). So in all cases i've wanted to use it, I already have node installed, but I want to use a different version of it. Node already has installers, this isn't it. I know i'm not the only one who assumed nvm would be on npm (and got bit by mr pretender over there).

I'd say having a way to use it as a from-scratch installer is great! But it'd also be great to install it via npm if you already have that on your system.

[fresheneesz]

Oh also, if you had it on npm, you could simplify your install instructions to:

# if npm doesn't already exist
type npm >/dev/null 2>&1 || { curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh }
npm install the-real-nvm

[shane-reaume]

@ljharb I don't believe it is always used as a fresh install. For example I have node already and can npm install -g n and it works amazingly.

[ljharb]

@ShaneOfAllTrades yes, n and nave require you to have node installed already. The nvm on npm isn't the right one yet, so npm install nvm isn't going to be the right thing.

[ljharb]

Duplicate of #304

[gotofritz]

I am having the exact same problem. Using OS X, and followed the instructions in the README here, i.e.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh | bash

[ljharb]

@gotofritz sudo npm uninstall -g nvm?