Command not found after npm install in zsh

Question

I'm having some problems installing vows via npm in zsh. Here's what I get. I tried installing it with and without the -g option. Do you have any idea what's wrong here?

[❤  ~/Desktop/sauce-node-demo:master] npm install -g vows
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/vows
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/vows
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/eyes
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/diff
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/eyes
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/diff
/usr/local/share/npm/bin/vows -> /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/vows/bin/vows
vows@0.6.4 /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/vows
├── eyes@0.1.8
└── diff@1.0.3
[❤  ~/Desktop/sauce-node-demo:master] vows
zsh: command not found: vows

Thanks

Answer 1

In my case, i installed node with NVM and after installing z Shell, node and nvm command didn't worked. So what worked for me was installing nvm again with this command :

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
sudo zsh install.sh

Above commands installed nvm again, since node was already installed, it added the node path automatically in .zshrc file and everything worked.

Answer 2

For me the accepted answer for adding export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH to .zshrc didn't work. I tried adding the NVM_DIR as well which solved my issue.

1. Try vi .bashrc

2. You will find a line like the following. Copy it.

   export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" [ -s "$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

3. Paste the copied content to .zshrc file

4. Restart the terminal

I hope this solves your issue.

Answer 3

If you installed Node.js using Homebrew, npm binaries can be found in /usr/local/share/npm/bin. You should make sure this directory is in your PATH environment variable. So, in your ~/.zshrc file add export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH.

Answer 4

Mac users only
assuming you installed nvm prior, and npm correctly
(step-by-step guide below on how to install it:
install nvm for Mac users ).

you need to:

Find the '.zshrc' file:

• Open Terminal.
• Type open ~ to access your home directory.
• Press Cmd + Shift + . to show the hidden files in Finder.
• Locate the .zshrc.

Edit the '.zshrc' file:

• add: source /Users/_user_Name_/.bash_profile to the top of the file (where _user_Name_ stands for your user.

• Save the file, and close the Terminal window.

Answer 5

On Ubuntu, after installing ZSH, and prevously on the bash terminal installed Node or other packages,

First open:

nano .zshrc

And uncomment the second line:

export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

This works for me, and without writting any line, and I think this option is available on Mac too.

Answer 6

add source /home/YOUUSERNAME/.bash_profile at the beginning of ~/.zshrc

And all missing commands will be detected.

For Mac users : add source /Users/YOUUSERNAME/.bash_profile