Does not install node on Linux via ssh

[ghost]

I sshed to an Ubuntu machine, curled the install.sh script, installed. nvm install v0.12.0 and after being prompted with Now using node v0.11.0 I tried running node to get in the REPL.

Then:

-bash: /home/prime/.nvm/v0.11.0/bin/node: No such file or directory

The binary node is sitting there, but above is what is happening.

Oh, how unfortunate. I checked my .bashrc and also noticed nothing was written to it.

😞

[ljharb]

(I assume the v0.12.0 and v0.11.0 is a typo, and in fact all the version numbers agree)

There's a known issue with Ubuntu in this regard - #394 should have instructions for you.

[ghost]

Typo. Will look at that. Thanks.

[ghost]

BTW, do I need node already installed globally once in order to use nvm? I never ran into any problems before on OS X, but at the time I started using nvm I had already node installed, so I am not sure, hence the question.

[ljharb]

No, definitely not :-) You only need curl or wget, and git is also recommended but not required.

[ghost]

Also, build-essential, and the other package.

[ljharb]

Um - build-essential is not required whatsoever, and I have no idea what that is.

[ghost]

It's the first thing that is written in the installation instructions.

First you'll need to make sure your system has a c++ compiler. For OSX, XCode will work, for Ubuntu, the build-essential and libssl-dev packages work.

So, basically it's just making sure that there is a C++ compiler when we building from source. 👍

[ljharb]

lol ah. yes, you do need a compiler if you want to install from source - that's not required however to install a binary.

[ghost]

The problem here is that nvm does download a binary and installs it to $HOME/.npm/{node.version}/bin/node, and I can definitely see that there is a file of generous size there, but when I try running it, it says -bash: /home/$USER/.nvm/v0.11.0/bin/node: No such file or directory

BTW, does nvm mutates $PATH based in the selected version, or does it work like rbenv with like shims, capturing node calls.

[ljharb]

It works more like python's virtualenv; modifying the PATH for that shell only. Every new shell needs nvm use X - or else you can do nvm alias default X to make one of them used by default (assuming the correct line is in your bashrc/bash_profile/etc)

[ghost]

Same problem again, in a different Ubuntu machine. Is there any chance the binary that nvm downloads is not one compatible with Ubuntu?

#655 ?

[ljharb]

That is possible - that'd be the binary that node or io.js releases - nvm just downloads it from their site. It should definitely work building from source though, once you have a compiler available.

[ghost]

I wonder if fiddling with $NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR could lead me somewhere...

What is the procedure to build from source with nvm. What do I have to do with $NVM_SOURCE?

[ljharb]

You shouldn't have to modify any $NVM_* variables. Just nvm install -s node for example should do it.

[ghost]

Confirming that installing from source does work on Ubuntu. 👍

[ljharb]

Glad to hear it :-)