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Ansible task to install nvm and nodeJS
#first seen here: http://www.snip2code.com/Snippet/63701/Ansible-task-to-install-nvm-and-node
# Here is how to install nvm and node in an Ansible task.
# I tried a bunch of different things, and as usual it's simple, but you have to get it right.
# The important part is that you have to shell with /bin/bash -c and source nvm.sh
---
- name: Install nvm
shell: >
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.7.0/install.sh | sh
creates=/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.nvm/nvm.sh
- name: Install node and set version
shell: >
/bin/bash -c "source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install 0.10 && nvm alias default 0.10"
creates=/home/{{ ansible_user_id }}/.nvm/alias
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@navmed This works great for non-root environments. Thanks for share! 👍

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