Nvm: N/A: version "N/A" is not yet installed. Node 6.9.1 OSX El Capitan

[alexmiddeleer]

Thanks to everyone who contributes to this project. Issue is not critical as I can manually tell NVM which version to install. As per issue creation request here: https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/437#issuecomment-255465512.

Alexs-MBP-3:desktop-fe alex$ nvm use
Found '/Users/alex/proj/desktop-fe/.nvmrc' with version <v6.9.0>
N/A: version "N/A" is not yet installed.

You need to run "nvm install N/A" to install it before using it.

Alexs-MBP-3:desktop-fe alex$ nvm ls
         v4.4.0  
         v6.4.0  
         v6.8.0  
->       v6.9.1  
         system  
default -> v6.8 (-> v6.8.0)
node -> stable (-> v6.9.1) (default)
stable -> 6.9 (-> v6.9.1) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/argon (-> N/A)
lts/argon -> v4.6.1 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.9.1

Alexs-MacBook-Pro-3:desktop-fe alex$ nvm debug
nvm --version: v0.31.4
$SHELL: /bin/bash
$HOME: /Users/alex
$NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
nvm current: v6.9.1
which node: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.9.1/bin/node
which iojs: 
which npm: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.9.1/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.9.1
npm root -g: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.9.1/lib/node_modules

[ljharb]

Thanks! Can you provide the output of cat /Users/alex/proj/desktop-fe/.nvmrc?

[alexmiddeleer]

Sure, it's just v6.9.0

[alexmiddeleer]

Wow... so I just ran nvm install and nvm use and it worked. I assume I tried that before, but if not... wow. Sorry, maybe this can just be closed. Although the "N/A" message might still be a bug.

[ljharb]

Thanks for following up - if it wasn't installed properly, that message was correct - the nvm ls output might have been incorrect, however - but it's too late to debug that now :-)

[dmitriid]

Same problem here

1. Had the previous lts version via nvm install --lts && nvm use --lts
2. Installed the new lts yesterday via nvm install --lts && nvm use --lts

Now:

nvm use --lts
N/A: version "N/A" is not yet installed.

You need to run "nvm install N/A" to install it before using it.

Relevant outputs:

> nvm ls
nvm ls
         v4.6.0
         v6.9.1
default -> lts/* (-> N/A)
node -> stable (-> v6.9.1) (default)
stable -> 6.9 (-> v6.9.1) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/argon (-> N/A)
lts/argon -> v4.6.1 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.9.1

[ljharb]

@dmitriid I think you don't have the latest nvm - that was a bug that's fixed in v0.32.1.

[dmitriid]

Aha! Thank you! This fixed things

[stephaneeybert]

@ljharb I have this issue in this very version of nvm
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40704814/the-npm-command-is-not-found-in-my-nodejs-docker-container

[ljharb]

@stephaneeybert nvm must be sourced, and nvm install ran, in the same user and profile that you want to run it in. I don't know much about Docker, but my guess is that the user in the image script isn't the same one in docker run.

[stephaneeybert]

In a Docker container, by default the user is root. And I'm root indeed in both environments.
Sourcing the nvm doesn't seem to help:
root@60446f9286d0:/# . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh;
root@60446f9286d0:/# . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh; npm -i
bash: npm: command not found
root@60446f9286d0:/# . ~/.nvm/nvm.sh; npm install -g npm
bash: npm: command not found

[ljharb]

@stephaneeybert can you file a separate issue? This one is for OS X

[stephaneeybert]

Oops. My mistake. I will do.

[typeoneerror]

N/A poppin up on latest version...

~/Dev/frontend (dev) $ nvm ls
         v6.9.2
->       system
node -> stable (-> v6.9.2) (default)
stable -> 6.9 (-> v6.9.2) (default)
iojs -> N/A (default)
lts/* -> lts/boron (-> v6.9.2)
lts/argon -> v4.7.0 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.9.2

.nvmrc has

lts/argon

[ljharb]

@typeoneerror which N/A are you talking about? You don't have any argon or io.js versions installed, according to your nvm ls output. Try nvm install in that directory to ensure it's installed.