how do I know if npm is installed?

Asked Feb 18 '13 at 12:25

Active Feb 18 '13 at 12:48

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yesterday, I just installed the node.js using nvm on my mac.

$ git clone git://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/nvm
$ . ~/nvm/nvm.sh
$ nvm install 0.8.20

my understanding is the npm will be installed with the node.js. and I did see the npm folder inside node v0.8.20.

feelexits-Mac:bin feelexit$ pwd
/Users/feelexit/nvm/v0.8.20/lib/node_modules/npm/bin

feelexits-Mac:bin feelexit$ ls
node-gyp-bin        npm         npm-cli.js      npm.cmd         read-package-json.js

however,I've run into an issue though, when I run npm, no matter what I'm doing, I get the error "command not found"

UPDATE:

after added the directory to the path, still have problem.

$ export PATH=$PATH:/Users/feelexit/nvm/v0.8.20/lib/node_modules/npm/bin

feelexits-Mac:bin feelexit$ npm
/Users/feelexit/nvm/v0.8.20/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm: line 12: node: command not found

edited Feb 18 '13 at 12:48

asked Feb 18 '13 at 12:25

qinking126

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AFAIK after using nvm you should use `nvm use v0.8.XX` (your freshly installed version) command too in order to start using the node. – Sergey Benner Feb 18 '13 at 12:45
@Sergey Benner, thank you so much. I should use "nvm use" to activate it. – qinking126 Feb 18 '13 at 12:55
NP. have a good one mate. – Sergey Benner Feb 18 '13 at 13:30

how do I know if npm is installed?

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