'Command not found after npm install in zsh

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
[email protected] /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/vows
├── [email protected]
└── [email protected]
[❤  ~/Desktop/sauce-node-demo:master] vows
zsh: command not found: vows

Thanks

Solution 1:^[1]

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

Solution 2:^[2]

If you have added using nvm please add the following to your .zshrc file and restart the terminal since the binaries of the file are not being detected by zsh shell we specify the path

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

Solution 3:^[3]

For Mac users:

Alongside the following: nvm, iterm2, zsh

I found using the .bashrc rather than .profile or .bash_profile caused far less issues.

Simply by adding the latter to my .zshrc file:

source $HOME/.bashrc

Solution 4:^[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.

Solution 5:^[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.

Solution 6:^[6]

for macOS users: consider using .profile instead of .bash_profile. You may still need to manually add it to ~/.zshrc:

source $HOME/.profile

Note that there is no such file by default! Quoting slhck https://superuser.com/a/473103:

Anyway, you can simply create the file if it doesn't exist and open it in a text editor.
touch ~/.profile
open -e !$

The added value is that it feels good man to use a single file to set up the environment, regardless of the shell used. Loading a bash config file in zsh felt awkward.

Quoting an accepted answer by Cos https://stackoverflow.com/a/415444/2445063

.profile is simply the login script filename originally used by /bin/sh. bash, being generally backwards-compatible with /bin/sh, will read .profile if one exists

Following Filip Ekberg's research / opinion https://stackoverflow.com/a/415410/2445063

.profile is the equivalent of .bash_profile for the root. I think the name is changed to let other shells (csh, sh, tcsh) use it as well. (you don't need one as a user)

getting back to slhck, a note of attention regarding bash:

(…) once you create a file called ~/.bash_profile, your ~/.profile will not be read anymore.

Solution 7:^[7]

Another thing to try and the answer for me was to uncomment the first export in ~/.zshrc:

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

Solution 8:^[8]

I solved this by brew upgrade node

Solution 9:^[9]

Go to your terminal and run: nano .zshrc

NOTE: If you don't have this directory, you can create it using mkdir command: mkdir ~/.zshrc

Paste the following anywhere below the line containing "export ZSH":

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm

Now simply hit ^X and you will be asked if you would like to save. Say 'yes' and hit return, then hit return again if it says you are changing a file. You may need to restart your terminal after saving.

Try using node -v as a quick test if you've installed node before.

Solution 10:^[10]

In my humble opinion, first, you have to make sure you have any kind of Node version installed. For that type:

nvm ls

And if you don't get any versions it means I was right :) Then you have to type:

nvm install <node_version**>

** the actual version you can find in Node website

Then you will have Node and you will be able to use npm commands

Solution 11:^[11]

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.

Try vi .bashrc
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
Paste the copied content to .zshrc file
Restart the terminal

I hope this solves your issue.

Solution 12:^[12]

For anyone who is still having problem. Don't forget to logout and login again.

Solution 13:^[13]

In my case, reinstalling node solved the issue. Anyone can install node via below website:

https://nodejs.org/en/download/

Solution 14:^[14]

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.

Solution 15:^[15]

FOR MAC: I tried some of the above but to no avail, could not get anything to work.

I did have BREW INSTALLED, so although this not be the best approach, with zsh, I did:

sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/share/man/man8 (for brew access)
brew update && brew install npm (I had had node installed)
npm -v (to confirm install)
nano ~/.zshrc (to empty file changes and save)

This worked for me. Hope this helps someone. #1 bothers me, but I will live with for now.

Solution 16:^[16]

Using Node v12+ on Mac Catalina, global dependencies are showing up in /$HOME/.npm-global/bin

Adding

export PATH="$HOME/.npm-global/bin:$PATH"

To ~/.bash_profile to keep everything in one place, and then adding

source $HOME/.bash_profile

To ~/.zshrc if it's not already there will do the trick. No need to logout and back in, just restart terminal.

Solution 17:^[17]

I had the same problem while installing Vercel CLI.

In my case, install with sudo.

example: sudo npm i -g vercel

Solution 18:^[18]

It works for me in zsh. Try nvm install --latest-npm

Solution 19:^[19]

Just writing this in my terminal fixed the issue. Note that I had to write it separately in my project folder.

export PATH="$HOME/.npm-packages/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="$HOME/.node/bin:$PATH"

Source: https://cloudlinuxtech.com/npm-command-not-found-fix/

Solution 20:^[20]

In my case nvm seemed to have forgotten the global default - maybe some install i did since first adding it.

Simply re-aliasing did the trick:

nvm alias default [insert version number here]

Open a new terminal in order for this to take effect

Solution 21:^[21]

I think the problem is more about the ZSH completion.

You need to add this line in your .zshrc:

zstyle ':completion:*' rehash true

If you have Oh-my-zsh, a PR has been made, you can integrate it until it is pulled: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/3440

Solution 22:^[22]

For OSX Catalina users

brew install node@14

I'm using node 14 cause angular won't support latest version (Don't know why).. Then

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/node@14/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

Solution 23:^[23]

Sometimes simple things work. Uninstalling node and installing again worked for me.

brew uninstall node
brew install node
npm update

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