Browserify command not found

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Quick question, when I run browserify index.js -o app.js from mac terminal, I get command not found. I have done npm install -g browserify but still no luck. Any idea why I am getting this?

Thank you

It was easier for me to do a gist than to paste here: https://gist.github.com/pertrai1/4ccf77e7b31cb5628b5d

can you paste the console log when you rerun `npm install -g browserify`? — Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, Jul 25 '14 at 02:53
So you should have a binding `/Users/robsimpson/npm/bin/browserify -> /Users/robsimpson/npm/lib/node_modules/browserify/bin/cmd.js` now. Does `/Users/robsimpson/npm/bin/browserify` work when you try to run it? — Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, Jul 25 '14 at 03:12

prosti · Answer 1 · 2016-09-23T10:15:12.570

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Just install it in a global space like this if you need to run it from the command line.

npm install browserify -g

You may need to run

npm uninstall browserify -g fist just to be sure you don't have false aliases.

edited Sep 23 '16 at 10:15

answered Sep 23 '16 at 10:09

prosti

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This is necessary but not sufficient, since that will still not add the command to your PATH. See my answer. – jjpe Sep 23 '16 at 10:13
I see, sorry, I was not reading the whole thread, but this must work, eventually. – prosti Sep 23 '16 at 10:16
No need for apologies, nobody can know everything :) – jjpe Sep 23 '16 at 10:18
Worked for me, since it's often used globally I forgot to put it in my `dev-dependencies` – Jesse Reza Khorasanee Nov 13 '19 at 23:47
Works for me. Be sure to run npm uninstall browserify -g then npm install browserify -g – mustapha mekhatria Oct 26 '22 at 21:31

jjpe · Answer 2 · 2016-10-12T20:42:14.403

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Add this to your ~/.bashrc or equivalent:

export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin/

Then, to actually have this take effect in your terminal session, execute source ~/.bashrc.

At this point you can execute browserify, as well as potentially many other commands. Check out ~/.npm-global/bin/ to see what's become available.

edited Oct 12 '16 at 20:42

answered Sep 23 '16 at 10:16

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 16 '15 at 14:07

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I could not get browserify to work either.

Running ~/.npm/bin/browserify does work.

Other packages seem to run fine (phantomjs for instance).

A workaround fix seems to be adding alias browserify='~/.npm/bin/browserify' to your .bash_profile

edited Sep 16 '15 at 14:07

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answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:03

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 17 '19 at 10:53

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It is an old post but I believe people are still facing the same problem, like me.

This was how I solved my problem:

<your project folder>/node_modules/browserify/bin/cmd.js main.js -o bundle.js

answered Nov 17 '19 at 10:53

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Haziq Musa · Answer 5 · 2023-01-03T21:16:10.517

If you install locally npm install browserify, you can use this method to execute the browserify command.

node_modules/.bin/browserify

For example: broweserify command example

Extra tips:

Add this command to your packages.js file:

...
"scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "bundle": "node_modules/.bin/browserify index.js > bundle.js"
  },

Then everytime you want to bundle you file just hit npm run bundle

Hope it helps you guys out there..

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 25 '18 at 22:35

If for some reason the browserify command has not been installed at all (can happen for example if you're running Homebrew on old unsupported Mac OS X versions), an alternative is to call it via node, for example:

export NODE_PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules
node -e 'require("browserify")("input.js").bundle().pipe(fs.createWriteStream("output.js"))'

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 17 '20 at 14:50

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As a Mac user I had to add

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/Cellar/node/13.6.0/bin/

in ~.bash_profile

Why Cellar path i dont know.

answered May 17 '20 at 14:50

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 30 '23 at 03:30

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I'm using the default zsh shell and I came across a solution: sudo npm install browserify -g

After that sudo browserify AND browserify worked flawlessly. I guess mine was a simple permissions issue.

I'm running Ventura.

answered Apr 30 '23 at 03:30

Ryan Berdel

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score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 17 '23 at 10:12

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This is my solution to solve it within project directory, not by global

npm install browserify
npx browserify main.js -o bundle.js

edited Jun 17 '23 at 10:12

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answered Jun 16 '23 at 20:48

Mijash Paudel

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Browserify command not found

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