npm command not found in zsh but found in bash

Question

I installed npm with nvm and the first time it went all great, now I tried to check npm version on Mac terminal an it shows:

% npm --version
zsh: command not found: npm

But using VSCode terminal with bash, with same command, shows:

npm --version
6.14.12

Is there a chance I installed the wrong way npm or nvm? Or is this a way I can tell Mac terminal to use bash instead of zsh?

Answer 1

So your PAth's are not the same. This is what is causing your different terminals to not be in sync.

They both have this:

 bash: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin 
 zsh:  /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

But only your bash has this:

/Users/myuser/.nvm/versions/node/v12.22.1/bin:

You should add that to your ZSH PATH. Since you don't have a .zshrc file, do the following in Terminal;

echo 'PATH="~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.22.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Answer 2

Just adding to this that: In my case I had node and nvm installed and it was working fine for a long time

nvm use 16 (my preferred node version) helped