Resolving NPM command not found errors in Bash
Node Package Manager or npmis a package manager for JavaScript programming language. It is the default package manager for the Node.js runtime environment.
When you use npmthe bash tool to download packages, you may sometimes receive command not foundan error. This article explains how to install bash in Bash npmand resolve this error.
Solving Bash npm: command not foundErrors
You are getting npm: command not foundthe error because nodejsand npmare not properly installed on your system. The rest of this article will explain the different ways to download these tools.
nodejsand npmcan be installed on Linux distributions using the following commands.
nodejsInstall and for Arch Linux npm.
sudo pacman -S nodejs npm
nodejsInstall and for Ubuntu and Debian npm.
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
nodejsInstall and for CentOS and Fedora npm.
sudo dnf install npm
Apart from this, npmtools and nodejscan be installed manually.
Download the file from https://nodejs.org/en/ tarand unzip it.
curl https://nodejs.org/dist/v17.6.0/node-v17.6.0-linux-x64.tar.xz -o node-v17.6.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
tar -xvf node-v17.6.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
/usr/local/Create a directory under .
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/nodejs
/usr/local/nodejs/Move the node file under .
sudo mv node-v17.6.0-linux-x64/* /usr/local/nodejs/
Add /usr/local/nodejs/binthe directory to .bashrcthe file PATH.
sudo nano ~/.bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/nodejs/bin
Reload .bashrcthe file.
source ~/.bashrc
Install npm.
curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh
You can successfully install the tool by selecting the tool that best suits you from these options npm. To check the installation, check the version of the tool.
node --version
npm --version
Now you can npm install packagedownload the required packages using the command. After completing these operations, if you still get errors in your development environment, close the application and open it again.
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