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I am trying to build a script in in which nvm and eventually node will get installed.
I have installed nvm with cURL. I see the modifications in the .profile or .bashrc file (both work) and when typing the nvm at the bash prompt, it shows the options available etc.
So nvm works. Manually I can install node, but as soon as I put the nvm command in a shell script:

nano test.sh

#!/bin/bash
nvm

and run it with:

chmod 755 test.sh
./test.sh

I get: 

./test.sh: line 2: nvm: command not found

If it can't find nvm, I don't even have to think of 

nvm ls-remote

or 

nvm install ...

I got Ubuntu 14.04 installed and Bash is my shell.

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I'd print the path in the script before calling nvm and check if it is correct. –  AProgrammer Feb 12 at 17:29

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nvm command is a shell function declared in ~/.nvm/nvm.sh.

You may source either of following scripts at the start of yours to make nvm() available:

. ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
. ~/.profile
. ~/.bashrc
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HI, thanks. This makes sense then as nvm is "installed" in ~/.nvm. And is probably just a shell script. What I am missing though is that I can type nvm and get it to work, but when trying the shell scripts in ~/.nvm it doesn't work. –  okidoki Feb 12 at 17:42
    
what do you mean by trying the shell scripts in ~/.nvm? I explained how to run nvm from the shell script above. Is there anything unclear? –  webKnjaZ Feb 12 at 17:45
    
To elaborate my last comment. when I "sudo find / -iname nvm*" I find only things in my ~/.nvm folder. Executing the ~/.nvm/nvm-exec or ~/.nvm/nvm.sh (the only files in ~/.nvm, which turn out to be shell scripts) does not give me nvm, like just typing "nvm" on the command line. So where is the link between nvm and the program. –  okidoki Feb 12 at 17:47
    
Oh.. I guess nvm is an alias in your shell environment. Please post the output of which nvm and this will clear things out. –  webKnjaZ Feb 12 at 17:50
    
Hi webKnjaZ, this does not provide output... –  okidoki Feb 12 at 17:52

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