Run nvm with docker exec - docker

Question

I want to run nvm with docker exec
something like
docker run -d <image>
docker exec <container> nvm use v6.13.0 && npm install
but I have an error
OCI runtime exec failed: exec failed: container_linux.go:296: starting container process caused "exec: \"nvm\": executable file not found in $PATH": unknown
I know that I can do something like that which work
docker exec <container> /bin/bash -c 'source "$NVM_DIR"/nvm.sh && nvm use v6.13.0'
But I don't want. Why ? because the point is to create a docker container usable with all my project with different version of python and node and run the nvm use <version> && npm install directly from gitlab-ci using the .nvmrc file into my project
my gitlab-cy.yml run a makefile which basically run the nvm use and npm install
image: cracky5457/nvm-pyenv-yarn
stages:
- install
- test
variables:
GITLAB_CACHING: "true"
cache:
paths:
- pip-cache/
key: "python_2.7"
installing:
stage: install
script:
- make install
artifacts:
paths:
- venv/
- node_modules/
expire_in: 1 hour
tags:
- docker-runner
and I don't want to push /bin/bash -c into my makefile because the project will become docker dependent locally
This is my docker image with the instructions to run it ( you have to create a file base_dependencies.txt, node-versions.txt, python-versions.txt ) or you can just docker pull cracky5457/nvm-pyenv-yarn
https://hub.docker.com/r/cracky5457/nvm-pyenv-yarn/
FROM phusion/baseimage:0.10.0
# Make sure bash is the standard shell
RUN rm /bin/sh && ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh
ENV ENV ~/.profile
ENV PYENV_ROOT /root/.pyenv
ENV PATH $PYENV_ROOT/shims:$PYENV_ROOT/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH
# Add yarn registry
RUN curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add - && \
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
# Install base system libraries.
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
COPY base_dependencies.txt /base_dependencies.txt
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y $(cat /base_dependencies.txt)
# Install pyenv and default python version.
ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE true
RUN git clone https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv.git /root/.pyenv && \
cd /root/.pyenv && \
git checkout `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags` && \
eval "$(pyenv init -)"
# Install nvm and default node version.
ENV NVM_DIR /usr/local/nvm
RUN curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.8/install.sh | bash && \
echo 'source $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh' >> /etc/profile
# Clean up APT when done.
RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*
# Install python and node versions
COPY python-versions.txt /python-versions.txt
RUN for version in $(cat python-versions.txt); do pyenv install $version; pyenv global $version; pip install virtualenv; done
COPY node-versions.txt /node-versions.txt
RUN for version in $(cat node-versions.txt); do source $NVM_DIR/nvm.sh; nvm install $version; done
# Use baseimage-docker's init system.
CMD ["/sbin/my_init"]

Answer 1

I didn't found a proper way.
You can create a bash file into /usr/bin/nvm with chmod +x /usr/bin/nvm
#!/bin/bash
export NVM_DIR="/usr/local/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
nvm "$#"
And then
docker exec <container> nvm use
But it's tricky and I can't add an other instruction in my exec, for exemple I can't docker exec <container> nvm use && npm install at the same time.
But I finally fixed my issue directly in gitlab-ci.yaml using
$(NVM_DIR)/nvm.sh && nvm use && npm install