Nvm: Nvm uses system node instead of default

[andre487]

OSX 10.11.6, zsh 5.2

I have this nvm settings:

➜  ~ nvm ls
         v4.4.7
->       system
default -> v4.4.7
node -> stable (-> v4.4.7) (default)
stable -> 4.4 (-> v4.4.7) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/argon (-> v4.4.7)
lts/argon -> v4.4.7

This listing is from new terminal's tab. And by default nvm uses not default version but the system.

[ljharb]

Do you have a ~/.nvmrc file? Can you locate your profile file where nvm.sh is sourced, and see if it's using --no-use? What does nvm debug print out?

[andre487]

No, I don't have ~/.nvmrc.

nvm.sh call in my .zshrc looks this way:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
if [[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ]]; then
    source "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
fi

There is the nvm debug result:

➜  ~ nvm debug
nvm --version: v0.31.3
$SHELL: /bin/zsh
$HOME: /Users/andre487
$NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
nvm current: system
which node: /usr/local/bin/node
which iojs: iojs not found
which npm: /usr/local/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: /usr/local
npm root -g: /usr/local/lib/node_modules

[ljharb]

@andre487 ok so when you run:

nvm use node
nvm current
nvm ls
nvm use system
nvm current
nvm deactivate
node --version

what's the output you get?

[ljharb]

@andre487 also, do you have anything - anything at all - modifying $PATH in any of your profile files, specifically _after_ the line that sources nvm?

[andre487]

@ljharb Yes, that's it. I had a source of extra exports after nvm and when I swaped them, version of Node became correct.

Thank you!

[ambroselittle]

In my case, "system" node was installed inadvertently by installing yarn via MacPorts. It seems that port install isn't smart enough to look for nvm node, so it installed a copy in opt/local/.

And in my .zshrc, it was prepending the path to there before calling nvm.sh. If I removed that prepending, it worked, but of course I want MacPorts to work so that's not an option.

Interestingly, nvm uninstall system didn't work. I had to manually by:

sudo rm -f /opt/local/bin/node
sudo rm -rf /opt/loca/include/node

Then restart CLI, of course. No more warnings, and it doesn't see a "system" version installed.

[ljharb]

nvm can’t uninstall something it didn’t install; you’d have to use macports to do that, or do it manually as you indicated.

[ambroselittle]

Sure. I came across something that suggested using nvm uninstall system. I didn't even know it could install system, so I was wondering if it had smarts around finding/removing.

Anyhow, also noting that sudo port uninstall node didn't work, either. Presumably because it was installed as a dependency of yarn.. And port uninstall yarn didn't remove it. So it seemed manual was the only option in my case.

[mokolodi1]

For those who installed node with brew: brew uninstall node

[ENG618]

Yes, even though I installed yarn with brew via brew install yarn --without-node it still installed node for some reason... So had to run brew uninstall node --ignore-dependencies to uninstall that node version and all is well again.

[ljharb]

That’s because homebrew recently broke yarn users by removing “without node” as an option.

[JerryGreen]

Looks like it's still a problem

[ljharb]

@JerryGreen please file a new issue.

[monotv]

@andre487 also, do you have anything - anything at all - modifying $PATH in any of your profile files, specifically _after_ the line that sources nvm?

This fixed it for me.

[josiahmokob0]

If none of the above solutions works for you, here are the steps I followed:

• remove system node sudo rm /usr/local/bin/node, this should be your option if commands like brew uninstall is not working.
  
  
  
  • set your default version in .nvmrc echo "8.11.3" > .nvmrc
  
  
  • follow these steps to configure your bash configure your bash
  
  
  • restart your cli
  
  

NOTE: It is advised to uninstall node before making use of nvm.

[isholaomotayo]

@andre487 also, do you have anything - anything at all - modifying $PATH in any of your profile files, specifically _after_ the line that sources nvm?

This fixed it for me.

Worked for me too

best to move this

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

down to the bottom of ~/.zshrc or ~/.bash_profile

[xmihal03]

manual removing by rm /usr/local/bin/node worked for me, nvm system disappeared after that 🎉