Integrated terminal does not see Node from NVM

[kyeotic]

• VSCode Version: 1.22.2 (1.22.2)
• OS Version: 10.12.6 (16G1314)

After installing NVM and uninstalling node from homebrew my OS terminal is working normally, but the VS code terminal does not see node.

I am using this setting, but disabling it doesn't fix the issue

"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.osx": [
    "-l"
  ]

OS Terminal

$ which node
/Users/tkye/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/bin/node

$ node -v
v8.11.1

VS Code Terminal

$ which node
(nothing)

node -v
bash: node: command not found

My .bashrc contains this

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

I have run nvm alias default lts/carbon in both terminals, the command works. If I run nvm use node in the VS code terminal node will work for that session, but new shells are still missing node. Its like VS Code never loads nvm.

Clearly VS Code is remembering the homebrew node installation, but I don't know how. Its not in the bash_profile or bashrc, and the nvm stuff IS in there. Where else does VS Code load this from? Where else does VS code differ from the OS shell?

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• vscode not able to pick up node version from nvm (#19951)

[kyeotic]

Sorry code bot, but that issue has nothing in it.

[raulcesar]

I too am having this issue.
VS code Version 1.22.2
OS Version: Arch Linux (4.16.3-1-ARCH)
After some digging, I found that the problem (in my case) appeared to be when integrated terminal tried running the .bashrc twice. This would result in an error:

nvm is not compatible with the npm config "prefix" option: currently set to "/usr"
Run npm config delete prefix or nvm use --delete-prefix v8.11.1 --silent to unset it.

So, in my case, to fix it, I created a new ".bashrc" file, and edited the vs code preference as follows:

"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.linux": ["--rcfile", "/home/raul/.bashrc4vscode"]

In my custom ".bashrc4vscode", I removed all references to nvm (and also all exported variables), as I realized these were already set and valid.

Anyway, hope this helps!

[Tyriar]

This is the default setting on mac:

"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.osx": [
    "-l"
  ]

It means basg_profile will run, not bashrc. Does changing it to [] fix the problem?

[sandangel]

@Tyriar I confirm that changing to [] fix this issue

[Tyriar]

@raulcesar I just wrote an FAQ on the prefix issue, check it out here for the proper way to fix: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/master/docs/editor/integrated-terminal.md#why-is-nvm-complaining-about-a-prefix-option-when-the-integrated-terminal-is-launched

[raulcesar]

@Tyriar Thanks for the information. I will try to find the offending instance of npm and fix it correctly.

[harveyramer]

@Tyriar that completely resolved my nvm/vscode issues. Thank you!