vue command not found on Mac

Question

I simply did a npm install -g @vue/cli and it didn't work. Trying a vue --version after doing the install gave me a bash command not found error.

I tried using sudo as well, but that didn't work. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling and that didn't work. Anyone got ideas for other things to look at?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 19 '19 at 14:24

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Turned out that the problem was the n node version manager which I had seen also interfere with other things. I wasn't really using it, so I uninstalled it.

sudo npm uninstall -g n

n was interfering with npm and npx themselves. They were not updating properly, but now with n gone, I updated them:

sudo npm install -g npm@latest

sudo npm install -g npx@latest

Then I installed the vue CLI

npm install -g @vue/cli@latest

After doing those commands I had the correct versions of npm and npx, and the vue CLI installed correctly as well.

answered Jan 19 '19 at 14:24

Brian

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You just helped me solve a 2-month headache with this answer, thank you so much man. Wish I could double upvote!! – Billeh Apr 21 '20 at 19:06
Brilliant - Thanks – marcus.kreusch Feb 18 '21 at 12:18
Avoid using sudo. You could use something similar to this to set up global packages: https://www.johnpapa.net/node-and-npm-without-sudo/ – rabbar Feb 20 '23 at 02:26

vue command not found on Mac

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