I did install Browsersync on Ubuntu using command line:
npm install -g browser-sync
Now, I went to check for version:
browser-sync --version
where I get error message:
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory
What should I do now?
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Is Node installed and on the `$PATH`? – Biffen Dec 15 '15 at 13:40
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@Biffen How to check? – Dec 15 '15 at 13:46
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First, check your memory: Have you installed Node? Other than that, `aptitude show nodejs`, `which node` and [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18130164/nodejs-vs-node-on-ubuntu-12-04), if it's still not solved. – Biffen Dec 15 '15 at 13:49
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`sudo npm install -g browser-sync` – mkinawy Dec 15 '15 at 15:49
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@Biffen check yourself http://i.imgur.com/VMEBgWf.png – Dec 15 '15 at 19:39
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@mkinawy Sure I added sudo at the beginning ;) – Dec 15 '15 at 19:40
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@IhabAbdel-Rahim And did you follow the link in my comment? – Biffen Dec 15 '15 at 19:41
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You need to create a symlink because the npm installer doesn't do it.
ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Its documented here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/
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the legacy package mentioned by Ihab Abdel-Rahim solves the problem because apt-get install creates that symlink automatically -> so I advice not to install the lagecy package except your are on an older system and forced to use it. – Tobias Gaertner Dec 22 '15 at 12:10
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I got it fixed installing nodejs-legacy:
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
Then checked back to be worked:
ihab@ihab-pc:~$ node --version
The program 'node' can be found in the following packages:
* node
* nodejs-legacy
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
ihab@ihab-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy
[sudo] password for ihab:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nodejs-legacy
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.6 kB of archives.
After this operation, 122 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://eg.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/universe nodejs-legacy all 0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1 [14.6 kB]
Fetched 14.6 kB in 0s (32.9 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package nodejs-legacy.
(Reading database ... 232447 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../nodejs-legacy_0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1_all.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs-legacy (0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
Setting up nodejs-legacy (0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1) ...
ihab@ihab-pc:~$ browser-sync --version
2.10.1
Thanks to @Biffen for his tip :)
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you should only use the legacy package if you really need to e.g. because of an older system -> see my answer – Tobias Gaertner Jan 06 '16 at 13:26
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I had a similar issue which I resolved by removing the problematic existing broken symlink and creating a new one:
- sudo rm /usr/bin/node
- sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
Hope it helps someone, Cheers