-bash: sequelize: command not found

Question

I just ran npm install --save sequelize pg pg-hstore in my project root directory and now I am unable to invoke sequelize init. I get the error: -bash: sequelize: command not found. What am I doing wrong?

Possible duplicate of [How do I install the sequelize.js binary?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18168312/how-do-i-install-the-sequelize-js-binary) — dparoli, Mar 29 '17 at 19:54

score 68 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 13 '18 at 06:49

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The reason is: sequelize is not installed globally on your cli. To get sequelize access to all your cli just do.

npm install -g sequelize-cli

The '-g' means global this will allow you to access sequelize command anywhere in your app directory.

After that you can do eg: sequelize model:generate --name User --attributes firstName:string,lastName:string,email:string,password:string

edited Nov 13 '18 at 06:49

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answered Apr 30 '18 at 21:06

Codedreamer

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thanks. it's working – Siddhartha Mukherjee Feb 08 '22 at 10:54

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '19 at 19:01

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I prefer to avoid installing global npm packages. If you have sequelize as a dependency in your package.json, you can utilize sequelize-cli via npx.

$ npx sequelize-cli <command>.

For example, you could do $ npx sequelize-cli migration:generate --name add-a-column to create a migration file.

answered May 07 '19 at 19:01

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Thank you .. adding "npx" solving my issue. – M_abosalem May 05 '21 at 15:54

score 17 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 02 '17 at 05:24

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Had the same issue, then noted that sequelize-cli is the way to go ahead.

npm install -g sequelize-cli

edited Aug 02 '17 at 05:24

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answered Aug 02 '17 at 04:58

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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '17 at 17:21

I would like to answer my own question. The global npm install path was wrong for my computer.

npm config get prefix

Then I ran to put the path where it should be. This problem gave me a lot of head aches. Hope it helps someone.

npm config set prefix /usr/local

score 8 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 25 '19 at 19:37

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I had this problem and solved it by running

nvm install node --reinstall-packages-from=node

and then reinstalling

npm install -g sequelize-cli

Before doing this I had an unfortunate Node Version Manager setup. My computer was running something like version 10, but installing sequelize in the path used by version 8.

Now everything is updated and works.

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answered Jun 25 '19 at 19:14

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Aug 03 '17 at 12:53

if you want to use sequelize-cli without install it globally , you need to run it from node_modules folder in your root project. that is node_modules/.bin/sequelize. try to run node_modules/.bin/sequelize help for more information about sequelize command line

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 17 '21 at 10:44

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The following steps worked on Pop!_OS 20.10 & ubuntu 20.04

npm install -g sequelize-cli

answered Feb 17 '21 at 10:44

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score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 21 '22 at 13:28

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Problem : Unknown command: "sequelize" Solve : npx sequelize init

answered Apr 21 '22 at 13:28

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 08 '22 at 01:37

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first install npm install sequelize sequelize-cli After that run npx sequelize init instead of sequelize init That works for me

answered Nov 08 '22 at 01:37

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 15 '21 at 19:33

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I also got the message: zsh: command not found: sequelize and npx sequelize init instead of sequelize init solved the problem for me

answered Apr 15 '21 at 19:33

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 04 '22 at 05:55

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npm install -g sequelize-cli

this working. We need to install sequence globally

answered Sep 04 '22 at 05:55

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Feb 25 '21 at 19:55

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I had same problem. I cd to

<proj_dir>\node_modules\sequelize-automate\bin

from there I ran

node sequelize-automate -t js -h localhost -d <proj_dir> -u postgres -p ****** -P 5432 -e postgres -o root to \src\models

command. It worked like charm.

edited Feb 25 '21 at 19:55

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 23 '21 at 11:23

worked on windows os

open powershell as an admistrator after that run following commands:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Get-ExecutionPolicy -List LSet-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine after step 3 press A for all

work for me......

score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 11 '22 at 16:30

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npx sequelize-cli <command>

For the latest version, That works for me.

answered Jun 11 '22 at 16:30

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 04 '23 at 16:44

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if you're using Yarn

yarn global add sequelize-cli --prefix /usr/local

And run

sequelize init

answered Aug 04 '23 at 16:44

Sashuv Kafle

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