run npm command gives error "/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory"

[nickgit]

This happens in version 0.6.x on ubuntu. Does not happen above 0.7.x

[bnoordhuis]

Not a node bug. The node binary is not on your $PATH.

[digitalmediums]

I've found this is often a misnaming error, if you install from a package manager you bin may be called nodejs so you just need to symlink it like so "ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node"

[mtrovo]

digitalmediums,
That was useful, thanks a lot!

[houmie]

After 3 hours of suffering, this is the solution. Thank you digitalmediums. Why is this now misnaming happening now out of the blue?

[othiym23]

@houmie (and everyone who comes across this bug in the future)

These explain why:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/07/msg00002.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=614907
http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/Node-js-and-it-s-future-in-debian-td1042211.html (only read this last thread if you're a masochist)

As a Node developer, I would think hard before using Debian's packaged version of node, and would use Ubuntu with chrislea's PPA for Node or Debian stable with Node built from source in preference to the stock Debian nodejs package for the foreseeable future. The discussion on this bug makes clear that Debian has a very different idea of the role of Node in the wider world than most of the Node community.

[houmie]

@othiym23 Thank you for the explanation. :) I see there is a proper flame war around this. But its understandable when namespaces are broken. Hope they can resolve it at one stage.

[micfan]

@digitalmediums Thx

[Augustin82]

Thanks for the help.

[JohnArcher]

@digitalmediums Thanks!

[johnjbarton]

I installed via sudo make install.

npm still fails:

/work/qpp$ sudo npm install -g grunt-cli
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory
/work/qpp$ node -v
v0.10.4
/work/qpp$ which node
/usr/local/bin/node

[bnoordhuis]

@johnjbarton Try sudo PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin" npm install -g grunt-cli

[johnjbarton]

Thanks. However in the meantime I uninstalled node, unintalled npm, then
installed node and installed npm. Then I was able to install grunt-cli.

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Ben Noordhuis notifications@github.comwrote:

@johnjbarton https://github.com/johnjbarton Try sudo
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin" npm install -g grunt-cli

—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/3911#issuecomment-16317844
.

[arky]

Just do

$ sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy

https://github.com/volojs/volo#install

[gw0]

Yes, installing nodejs-legacy is the cleanest solution.

Imho trying to name a server with a generic word like node is pretty stupid and it is quite understandable that there is so much resistance in accepting such a name. Rename it back to something unique that is easy to google for and can not be mistaken for something else, like nodejs, and everyone will be happy.