Discussion on "Setting up Nodejs with nvm on WSL 2"

Dev Sharma · 2021-05-22T07:17:14.509Z

Installing node.js in WSL 2 (NOTE: Although this tutorial demonstrates WSL 2/Ubuntu, this installation is primarily for Linux) In this tutorial, we will use node version manager or nvm to install and manage node versions. nvm certainly has its advant...

I find nvm in a WSL Linux distro confusing. Firstly, I have nvm for Windows installed. Entering my Ubuntu 20.04 distro and following the install instructions for the Linux version of nvm and then typing whereis nvm, I see the path is a Windows mount at: /mnt/c/Users/seefe/AppData/Roaming/nvm/nvm.exe.

When I printenv in Linux I see NVM_DIR=/home/seefer/.nvm is pointing at the Linux filesystem version. Very confusing. I also installed gatsby-cli in Windows and Linux and again, it points to the Windows version and typing gatsby in Linux takes 20 seconds to respond due to slow WSL interop across Windows<->Linux filesystems :/

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