sudo npm command not found

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I m trying to upgrade to the latest version of node  I m following the instructions at http   davidwalsh name upgrade-nodejs  But when I do   sudo npm install -g n   I get the error   sudo  npm  command not found   npm works without sudo  When I do   whereis node   I see   node   usr bin node  usr lib node  usr bin X11 node  usr local node   Running   which npm   Shows    usr local node bin npm   I tried the solution at https   stackoverflow com a 5062718 1246159  But I m still getting the same error  I also looked at the  etc sudoers file and the relevant line is   Defaults        secure path   usr local sbin  usr local bin  usr sbin  usr bin  sbin  bin    This looks fine to me  How can I possibly get NPM working with sudo command

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I also had the same issue in Homestead and tried many ways. I tried with

sudo apt-get install nodejs

I get the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 npm : Depends: nodejs but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-abbrev (>= 1.0.4) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-ansi (>= 0.3.0-2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-ansi-color-table but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-archy but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-block-stream but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-fstream (>= 0.1.22) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-fstream-ignore but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-github-url-from-git but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-glob (>= 3.1.21) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-graceful-fs (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-inherits but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-ini (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-lockfile but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-lru-cache (>= 2.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-minimatch (>= 0.2.11) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-mkdirp (>= 0.3.3) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-gyp (>= 0.10.9) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-nopt (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-npmlog but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-once but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-osenv but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-read but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-read-package-json (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-request (>= 2.25.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-retry but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-rimraf (>= 2.2.2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-semver (>= 2.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-sha but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-slide but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-tar (>= 0.1.18) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-underscore but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-which but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Finally I tried with

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

It worked fine.

root@homestead:/usr/local/bin# npm -v
3.10.10

root@homestead:/usr/local/bin# node -v
v6.13.0

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Remove Node completely     brew uninstall --force node   Install again   brew install node  which node     gt   usr local bin node export NODE PATH   usr local lib node modules

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I had the same problem  here are the commands to fix it    sudo ln -s  usr local bin node  usr bin node sudo ln -s  usr local lib node  usr lib node sudo ln -s  usr local bin npm  usr bin npm sudo ln -s  usr local bin node-waf  usr bin node-waf

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For CentOS users  this works for me   sudo yum install npm

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In order to install npm packages globally with sudo permission   usr bin npm should be available  If npm exists on some other directory  create a soft link like    sudo ln -s  usr local bin npm  usr bin npm   It works on Fedora 25  node8 0 0 and npm5 0 0

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WARNING  edit  Doing a chmod 777 is a fairly radical solution  Try these first  one at a time  and stop when one works     sudo chmod -R 777  usr local lib node modules npm   sudo chmod -R 777  usr local lib node modules   sudo chmod g w  usr local lib   sudo chmod g rwx  usr local lib     brew postinstall node is the only install part where I would get a problem Permission denied -  usr local lib node modules npm  github  So I       READ EDIT ABOVE BEFORE RUNNING THIS CODE      sudo chmod -R 777  usr local lib   brew postinstall node  and viola  npm is now linked   npm -v 3 10 10   Extra If you used -R 777 on lib my recommendation would be to set nested files and directories to a default setting     find  usr local lib -type f -print -exec chmod 644         find  usr local lib -type d -print -exec chmod 755         chmod  usr local lib 755

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For debian after installing node enter  curl -k -O -L https   npmjs org install sh     ln -s  usr bin nodejs  usr bin node   sh install sh

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You can make symbolic link  amp  its works for me   find path of current npm   which npm   make symbolic link by following command   sudo ln -s which npm  usr local bin npm   Test and verify    sudo npm -v

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On macOS  this worked for me   brew reinstall node

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If you have downloaded node package and extracted somewhere like  opt you can simply create symbolic link inside  usr local bin     usr local bin npm - gt   opt node-v4 6 0-linux-x64 bin npm  usr local bin node - gt   opt node-v4 6 0-linux-x64 bin node

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Appended npm binary path to sudo path using visudo and editing  secure path   Now  sudo npm  works

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I had to do   sudo apt-get install npm   that worked for me

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My solution is   sudo -E env  PATH  PATH  n stable   Works fine for me   Found it here  https   stackoverflow com a 29400598 861615  This happens because you have change default global packages directory

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For MAC users  the follow steps worked for me  If you get Error for Brew  Here s the command you need to type first in the terminal   bin bash -c  quot   curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew install master install sh  quot    Then run following commands      brew update   brew uninstall node   brew install node   brew postinstall

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I had to do the following     brew update brew uninstall node Visit https   nodejs org en  download the file Install the downloaded file

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I resolved this problem by  apt-get install npm2deb

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If you installed node npm with nvm  the nvm environment configuration file has to be run before you can use either package   This is generally found in    nvm nvm sh   To run this automatically  include   source    nvm nvm sh   in the  bash profile file for your user  If you then want to use sudo with that user  make sure to include the -i parameter to make sudo set the user environment  eg  sudo -iu jenkins npm install grunt-cli

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Installl node js  amp  simply run   npm install -g bower    from your project dir

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For me  any of the methods mentioned above using Homebrew did not work on macOS  So  I uninstalled node using Homebrew and downloaded the node package from https   nodejs org en download  and installed it  It worked like a charm

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Work for me Resolving EACCES permissions errors when installing packages globally  To minimize the chance of permissions errors  you can configure npm to use a different directory  In this example  you will create and use hidden directory in your home directory   Back up your computer  On the command line  in your home directory  create a directory for global installations    mkdir    npm-global   Configure npm to use the new directory path    npm config set prefix     npm-global    In your preferred text editor  open or create a    profile file and add this line    export PATH    npm-global bin  PATH   On the command line  update your system variables    source    profile   To test your new configuration  install a package globally without using sudo    npm install -g jshint

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I had the same issue the reason for it was npm package manager was not installed while installing node  This was caused because of the following mistake   In the installation process there is a step called  Custom Setup   here you have the option to choose one of the following   1  Node js runtime  This is selected by default    2  npm package manager 3  Online documentation shortcuts   4  Add to Path   If you proceed as it is npm package manager will not be installed and hence you will get the error    Solution   Select npm package manager when you get these options   This worked for me

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In case could be useful for anyone that uses rh-  packages this worked for me   sudo ln -s  opt rh rh-nodejs8 root usr bin npm  usr local bin npm

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Since I have installed node js using  tar file available on node js  I had to put the location of the node directory on          bashrc   of root by changing from normal user to root using command      sudo -i   then I had to add the path to node where I extracted it into  bashrc file as below    then refereshed  bashrc using           bashrc   there after   npm  command not found   went away

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The npm file should be in  usr local bin npm  If it s not there  install node js again with the package on their website  This worked in my case

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simply reinstall    On RHEL  CentOS and Fedora  sudo yum remove nodejs npm sudo dnf remove nodejs npm    On Fedora 22  versions    then  yum -y install nodejs npm dnf -y install nodejs npm    On Fedora 22  versions    easy    both node and npm works like a charm now

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