nodemon not found in npm

Question

I have a problem: nodemon does not run off the npm script (e.g. npm start),
but if nodemon is called on the command line outside the npm script, nodemon runs as normal.

$ nodemon server.js
14 Feb 22:59:51 - [nodemon] v1.3.7
14 Feb 22:59:51 - [nodemon] to restart at any time, enter `rs`
14 Feb 22:59:51 - [nodemon] watching: *.*
14 Feb 22:59:51 - [nodemon] starting `node server.js`

How it is called in npm script:

package.json

{
...
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon server.js"
  }
}

When npm start script is run:

$ npm start
> aaa@0.0.1 start /home/akul/Documents/aaa
> nodemon server.js

sh: 1: nodemon: not found

npm ERR! Linux 3.13.0-45-generic
npm ERR! argv "node" "/home/akul/npm-global/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v0.12.0
npm ERR! npm  v2.5.0
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! aaa@0.0.1 start: `nodemon server.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 127
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the aaa@0.0.1 start script 'nodemon server.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the aaa package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     nodemon server.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls aaa
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/akul/Documents/aaa/npm-debug.log

I've been looking for a solution, but have not found one.

Answer 1

I had this problem and even after I have used the command npm install nodemon --save in my application, I still had problem with nodemon.

I just resolved after I installed nodemon globally, using the command:npm install nodemon -g

Answer 2

You can resolve this problem by adding nodemon to you package.json

npm install nodemon --save

The problem happens when nodemon does not exist in /node_modules/.bin

Answer 3

Try to install nodemon globally.

sudo npm install -g nodemon

Answer 4

Had the same problem otherwise was just working fine a day ago. Very simple fix first check if nodemon exists on your system globally or not

To check

npm list -g --depth=0

If you don't see then install it npm install -g nodemon (g stands for globally)
If you see it still doesn't work then you need to configure environment variable I use Windows OS. On Windows navigate to

Control panel>System>Advanced System Settings>Environment Variables>double-click on PATH

Now check if you have this PATH C:\Users\yourUsername\AppData\Roaming\npm
If not, you will see some existing paths, just append to it separating with semicolon. That's it! Worked for me. For me node was installed in C:..\Roaming\npm and for you if the PATH is different, you will put in whatever applcable.

Answer 5

Here's how I fixed it :

When I installed nodemon using : npm install nodemon -g --save , my path for the global npm packages was not present in the PATH variable .

If you just add it to the $PATH variable it will get fixed.

Edit the ~/.bashrc file in your home folder and add this line :-

export PATH=$PATH:~/npm

Here "npm" is the path to my global npm packages . Replace it with the global path in your system

Answer 6

under your current project directory, run

npm install nodemon --save //save in package.json so that the following code cam find your nodemon

then under "scripts" in your package.json file, add "start": "nodemon app.js" (or whatever your entry point is)
so it looks like this:

"scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "nodemon app.js"
}

and then run

npm start

That avoids complicate PATH settings and it works on my mac
hope can help you ;)