nvm: nvm current returns system instead of version number, suspect nvm use not working
problem description
nvm current returns system instead of version number (i.e. v16.13.1). I need the version number not an alias, I suspect nvm use vX.Y.Z is not working.
Operating system and version:
macOS 12.1 21C52 arm64
nvm debug output:
nvm --version: v0.39.0
$TERM_PROGRAM: tmux
$SHELL: /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
$SHLVL: 2
whoami: 'sergi'
${HOME}: /Users/sergi
${NVM_DIR}: '${HOME}/.nvm'
${PATH}: /opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:${NVM_DIR}/versions/node/v16.13.0/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.config/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:usr/bin:/usr/sbin
$PREFIX: ''
${NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX}: ''
$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
$NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
shell version: 'GNU bash, version 5.1.12(1)-release (aarch64-apple-darwin21.1.0)'
uname -a: 'Darwin 21.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.2.0: Sun Nov 28 20:28:41 PST 2021; root:xnu-8019.61.5~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64'
checksum binary: 'sha256sum'
OS version: macOS 12.1 21C52
curl: /usr/bin/curl, curl 7.77.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin21.0) libcurl/7.77.0 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/2.8.3 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.42.0
wget: /opt/homebrew/bin/wget, GNU Wget 1.21.2 built on darwin21.1.0.
sed: /opt/homebrew/opt/gnu-sed/libexec/gnubin/sed
cut: /usr/bin/cut
basename: /usr/bin/basename
rm: /bin/rm (rm -i)
mkdir: /bin/mkdir
xargs: /opt/homebrew/opt/findutils/libexec/gnubin/xargs
git: /opt/homebrew/bin/git, git version 2.34.1
grep: /opt/homebrew/opt/grep/libexec/gnubin/grep, grep (GNU grep) 3.7
awk: /opt/homebrew/bin/awk, awk version 20180827
nvm current: system
which node: /opt/homebrew/bin/node
which iojs:
which npm: /opt/homebrew/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: /opt/homebrew
npm root -g: /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules
nvm ls output:
v12.14.1
v16.13.0
-> system
default -> v16.13.0
iojs -> N/A (default)
unstable -> N/A (default)
node -> stable (-> v16.13.0) (default)
stable -> 16.13 (-> v16.13.0) (default)
lts/* -> lts/gallium (-> N/A)
lts/argon -> v4.9.1 (-> N/A)
lts/boron -> v6.17.1 (-> N/A)
lts/carbon -> v8.17.0 (-> N/A)
lts/dubnium -> v10.24.1 (-> N/A)
lts/erbium -> v12.22.7 (-> N/A)
lts/fermium -> v14.18.2 (-> N/A)
lts/gallium -> v16.13.1 (-> N/A)
How did you install nvm?
Homebrew
What steps did you perform?
brew install nvm
What happened?
Worked
Is there anything in any of your profile files that modifies the PATH?
Yes, PATH is listed in the debug output above
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: closed
- Created 3 years ago
- Comments: 29 (11 by maintainers)
I can confirm this is now working in/outside of tmux. I did:
thank you again
OHMY, what an embarrassment, I cannot read. Yes, uninstalling brew nvm and running the official install from curl did the trick. Please accept my apologies, and thank you.
yeah, same here 😃
Yes, 16. But it doesn’t matter, brew version (17) wins.
To be clear, it is working now, but it’s a bit annoying to trace and discover. Just posted here so it can be tracked, for other people. Thank you again.
rearranging does not work, tried everything there. but I just fixed it adding this in my bash profile:
I’ll close this for now, but will immediately reopen it if there’s something actionable for nvm. Happy to continue discussing regardless.
Yes, it’s currently a mess. Most likely still artifacts from previous brew installs, since I was convinced brew was a viable option. I will try to remove all traces of nvm, npm, node, … and reinstall nvm from curl/git again, to see if that helps. Thank you again.
In that case it’s likely a PATH issue. Make sure sourcing nvm is the last thing in your profile file; or at least, that it happens after the last thing that prepends to the path.
Yeah, but same happens for v16.13.1, I still get the
systemresponse as if nvm is not used at all, which is driving me nuts.