How to install nvm in docker?

Question

I am in the process of building a new Docker image and I\'m looking to get NVM installed so I can manage nodejs.

Reading the docs on how to install NVM they mention

Answer 1

None of these worked for me, for my python3-onbuild container I had to force-create symbolic links to the nvm installation.

# Install npm and nodejs
RUN apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev

RUN mkdir /root/.nvm
ENV NVM_DIR /root/.nvm
ENV NODE_VERSION 8.9.4

RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.9/install.sh | bash
RUN chmod +x $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh
RUN . $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install $NODE_VERSION && nvm alias default $NODE_VERSION && nvm use default && npm install -g npm

RUN ln -sf /root/.nvm/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/node /usr/bin/nodejs
RUN ln -sf /root/.nvm/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/node /usr/bin/node
RUN ln -sf /root/.nvm/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm

Answer 2

This is what worked for me (I'm using debian buster):

RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y build-essential checkinstall libssl-dev
RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.35.1/install.sh | bash
SHELL ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]

You should now be able to do nvm install <version>.