---
title: "How to Install NVM for Node.js on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS"
source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/server-administration/linux/how-to-install-nvm-node-version-manager-for-node-js-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts/"
description: "Node Version Manager allows admins to easily manage node.js versions. In our article, we will be instructing on how to install NVM on your Ubuntu 14.04 server."
vertical: "Hosting"
date: "2015-04-23"
last_modified: "2026-07-29"
---

# How to Install NVM for Node.js on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

The Node Version Manager allows admins to easily manage node.js versions. It’s a bash script that has the capability to manage **multiple** active versions of node.js, with functionality such as installation, executing commands with specific node.js versions, setting the PATH variable to use a specific node.js versions, etc.

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**Pre-Flight Check**

- These instructions are intended specifically for installing NVM (Node Version Manager) on a single Ubuntu 14.04 LTS node.
- I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed [Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server](https://www.liquidweb.com/vps-hosting/ubuntu-vps/), and I’ll be logged in as root.

**Step #1: Install a C++ Compiler**

As a matter of best practice we’ll update our packages:

`apt-get update`

The **build-essential** package should already be installed, however, we’re going still going to include it in our command for installation:

`apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev`

**Step #2: Install NVM (Node Version Manager)**

Use the following curl command to kick-off the install script:

`curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.0/install.sh | bash`

At the time of publication, **NVM v0.25.0** was the most recent version available. You should check the [GitHub project page for the latest release of NVM](https://github.com/creationix/nvm/releases), and adjust the above command to include the newest version. For example, if the most recent version was 0.30.2, then your command would be similar to:

`curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.30.2/install.sh | bash`

After running the above command, you may receive output similar to the following:

`Close and reopen your terminal to start using nvm`

Either do as the output suggests, and close and reopen your terminal session, or run the following command:

`source ~/.profile`

**Step #3: Verify the Installation**

We can quickly verify that NVM is now installed and working properly with the following command:

`nvm --version`

Which in this case would yield a result of:

`0.25.0`

Another very useful command to get you started on node.js management is:

`nvm help`