nvm: command not found after running nvm install 6.3.0

Question

I am a beginner programmer having trouble installing node 6.3.0.

I successfully ran the command:

brew install nvm

but i get the error listed "nvm command not found" when I try to run

nvm install 6.3.0

From google it seems like I likely have an issue with my .bash_profile but nothing I've found works. Right now my .bash profile reads like

this:export RBENV_ROOT=/usr/local/var/rbenv
rbenv > /dev/null; eval "$(rbenv init -)"
export PATH=$PATH:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin

I know there needs to be something added for Node but I can't figure out what, also once I do figure out how to install 6.3.0, how do I make it my default version?

Thanks!

check out this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16904658/node-version-manager-install-nvm-command-not-found — sebasaenz, Dec 17 '16 at 22:06
already did...I think my issue is different since I installed it with homebrew — Will, Dec 17 '16 at 22:28
ok, but just to be sure, you've already tried including `[[ -s $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh ]] && . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh` right? — sebasaenz, Dec 17 '16 at 22:35

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '18 at 18:20

For Mac OS X users I would like to provide some steps which I followed and helped me with the installation of Node Version Manager a.k.a. nvm.

Installing & using nvm on Mac OS X

Install homebrew from here.
Using homebrew install nvm

brew update brew install nvm
Create .nvm directory at ~/.nvm location.

mkdir ~/.nvm
Now if you don't have .bash_profile file setup for OS X terminal then please create a .bash_profile at the root level:

nano ~/.bash_profile
Paste below code in the .bash_profile and press CTRL + O and press enter to save .bash_profile file. Press CTRL + X to exit from editor:

export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh
Now either quite (CMD + Q) the terminal or run below command to load .bash_profile settings:

source ~/.bash_profile
Now run nvm ls command to get the list of all installed nodejs versions.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

Check out the following instructions:

[~] brew info nvm
nvm: stable 0.20.0, HEAD
https://github.com/creationix/nvm
Not installed
From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/blob/master/Library/Formula/nvm.rb
==> Caveats
Add the following to $HOME/.bashrc, $HOME/.zshrc, or your shell's
equivalent configuration file:

  source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

Node installs will be lost upon upgrading nvm. Add the following above
the source line to move install location and prevent this:

  export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm

this was taken from: Homebrew installs nvm but nvm can't be found afterwards?

nvm: command not found after running nvm install 6.3.0

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