NVM install a ~dir in the current working dir rather than the user's home dir

[chrisamoore]

here is where it installs:

here are the env vars I have played with:

I have tried reinstalling nvm to no avail, also this is a fresh install of el capitan on OSX.

[ljharb]

NVM_DIR needs to be a directory, not containing nvm.sh - I usually use export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" or ~/.nvm.

This looks like a problem with the installation script, not directly with your NVM_DIR. Which command did you use to install nvm?

[chrisamoore]

I used the curl script, I used the one I phased out before to fix this at one point... I will try again tonight. I will respond with my findings TY for the quick response.

[ljharb]

Great - please make sure you're using the one from the README, which has the latest version number.

Feel free to delete the literal "~" folder in your home directory too, you shouldn't need that :-)

[chrisamoore]

rm -rf ~ is bad rm -rf ./~ is much better 😆

Here is another one... it appears that nvm alias default iojs does not set the default node for my terminal... any ideas?

[ljharb]

@chrisamoore wait, one thing at a time :-) did installing the latest nvm fix the problem where it creates a literal ~ directory?

[chrisamoore]

Indeed it did. Thank you for that !!

[ljharb]

phew, glad to hear it :-)

I'm closing this, but let's figure out your other issue and decide if we need to file a new one for it. After you run nvm alias default iojs, what does nvm ls output? Note that you still have to nvm install iojs first, before that will have an effect.

[chrisamoore]

when I get back to this mac I will open the other issue. TY.