> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using Nvm With Local And Production Installs

> This guide explains how to use `nvm` with local and production Ghost installs.

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### Production install

If `nvm` is installed locally in `/root` or `/home` then you’ll run into permission problems. Ghost requires a system wide installation. We recommend uninstalling nvm to avoid permission problems. A symlink from the local installation to `usr/bin/node` will not work.

Uninstall `nvm` using:

```bash theme={"dark"}
rm -rf $NVM_DIR ~/.npm ~/.bower
unset NVM_DIR;
which node;
rm -rf {path_to_node_version}
```

Open `~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc` and remove any `nvm` lines.

### Local installation

If you run into problems during a local install, it could be due to your installation of `nvm` (Node Version Manager).

Ensure `nvm` is installed correctly:

* Ensure that `nvm` is not installed in the root folder `/root/.nvm`. If nvm is installed in the root folder, uninstall nvm, and reinstall it using a non-root user.
* Set your `nvm` default version to the one you will use for Ghost before installing `ghost-cli`. If your default is different, you should switch to the correct version each time you start a new session and run any ghost commands.
* Ensure ghost-cli is installed in the correct environment. On a machine with nvm configured correctly, you should see:

```bash theme={"dark"}
which ghost -> /Users/[username]/.nvm/versions/node/[node version]/bin/ghost
npm root -g -> /Users/[username]/.nvm/versions/node/[node version]/lib/node_modules
```

If these paths aren’t in the same \[node version], it means you’ve installed `ghost-cli` in a different environment than the active node environment. `ghost-cli` needs to be installed and run in the same environment.

**To resolve this choose one of the following:**

Run `npm install ghost-cli -g` in the current environment to get the right sqlite3 node module into the environment and go through `ghost setup` process again.

If you remember which nvm node environment you’ve installed `ghost-cli` under, run `nvm use <node version>`.


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