Dockerfile

FROM debian:wheezy
 
ENV INSTALL /root
ENV NODE_VER v0.10.32
ENV MANPATH /share/man #shut up nvm
ENV NVM_DIR /usr/local/nvm
 
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y bash git curl

# this style is preferred to complex shell in Dockerfiles
ADD ./node_install.sh /node_install.sh
 
RUN /node_install.sh 

node_install.sh

#!/bin/bash

# see that the environment vars got populated correctly
env

#
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.17.1/install.sh | bash
chmod +x /usr/local/nvm/nvm.sh

# local nvm setup jiggery-pokery
$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh

# nvm injects commands in our .bashrc file (we are root)
source /root/.bashrc


echo "=> running $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh install $NODE_VER..."
nvm install $NODE_VER