'firebase' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Question

I am in a bizarre problem, I just updated my Node.js and NPM at the date of 01-Feb-2019. And used the following command-

npm install -g firebase-tools

to install the Firebase CLI

Then on typing either of the code below

firebase login

or

firebase init

it is showing the following error

'firebase' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Please help me. It has already consumed my two days.

@SagarBahadurTamang 'sudo' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. — , Feb 01 '19 at 08:11
Yea, because you use Windows :) Have you tried other answers on SO, like this one: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37515112/7128891 — qwermike, Feb 01 '19 at 08:14
Do you see errors when you run `npm install -g firebase-tools`? — camden_kid, Feb 01 '19 at 10:05
@KAPILKAUSHIK Can you tell us which version of node is installed? use "node -v" to get the version. — Sagar Bahadur Tamang, Feb 01 '19 at 10:25

score 33 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '19 at 10:13

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npm install -g firebase-tools -f

Using -f for force install again. This work for me

answered Dec 23 '19 at 10:13

S.Anu

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score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 02 '19 at 04:43

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Ok. First of all, Bizarre problem has some bizarre solution. Uninstall your node js and NPM completely. Then reinstall it, and check, whether it works or not. Best of Luck

answered Feb 02 '19 at 04:43

KAPIL SHARMA

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I can't believe, this kinda problem can be arise with the solution you told. Hey thanks buddy, it took my 3 days but finally I am happy that I got a solution. Thanks again – Feb 02 '19 at 04:49
Only reinstalling NodeJs solved for me! Thanks. – Pablo Chvx May 27 '21 at 01:22

score 17 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 08 '22 at 17:21

If you are using MS Windows:

Open Start Menu or press Win button on your keyboard.
Type "variables".
Click on "Edit the system environment variables"
Click on "Environment Variables..." button.
In the "System variables" list select "Path" and click on the "Edit..." button under the list.
In the "Edit environment variable" dialog click on the "Browse..." button.
Navigate to the c:\users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\ dir and select the "npm" sub-dir, then click "OK".
In the "Edit environment variable" dialog click "OK".
In the "Environment Variables" dialog click on "OK".

For the Linux users:

Navigate to the home_dir.
Edit the hidden ".bash_profile" file.
Add line with following text "export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin".

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 25 '19 at 02:23

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add to .bash_profile export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin" and run

npm install -g firebase-tools

this worked for me

answered Jul 25 '19 at 02:23

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and add to .bash_profile this also: tiexport PATH="$PATH:/Users/ma/.npm-global/bin" – Mehmet Ali Bayram Jul 25 '19 at 03:47
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For Windows, add "C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\npm" to the System Environment Variable "Path". – GaidinD Jan 08 '22 at 23:20

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 19 '20 at 12:15

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Navigate to the firebase directory and call it out on the cmd.

run cmd as admin
cd C:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\npm
firebase.cmd login or firebase login
firebase will prompt a google login after which the issue should be resolved.

There you go. above steps are all commands goes to your command prompt.

answered Jun 19 '20 at 12:15

Anurag Gorkar

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I used this approach since it didn't need to uninstall anything, it work :) – Jithendra Thenuwara Oct 28 '21 at 10:03

score 3 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 10 '20 at 08:00

After installing

$ npm install -g firebase-tools

Note the directory where it installed What I did was locate the directory where firebase was installed. In my case C:\usr\local then I copied the three firebase files. I also went into the node_modules folder and copied the firebase tools folder. Then I went to my app directory in file manager and pasted the firebase files, then created a new node_modules folder and pasted the firebase-tools folder.

Now go to your cmd and run

$ firebase init

It should work

score 3 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 01 '21 at 03:00

After running npm install -g firebase-tools, go to C:\usr\local. You will see Firebase files.

Copy this path C:\usr\local to the clipboard.
Open the Start Menu and search for Edit the System Environment Variables or simply env.
Select the environment variables option that appears.
Find the PATH variable under the system environment variables (lower section).
Select PATH and click Edit
Add C:\user\local to the beginning of the path.
Add %APPDATA%\npm if it doesn't exist.
Click OK to each of the windows until they're all closed.

After this, open a Windows command prompt and run firebase --version.

score 2 · Answer 8 · edited Jul 16 '21 at 07:58

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1.After installing firebase globally via npm i -g firebase-tools

2.simply run all your firebase commands from the node command-line tool, it instantly worked for me.

3.To access the node command line, simply go to the start menu on windows and type "node.js command prompt"

edited Jul 16 '21 at 07:58

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answered Jul 15 '21 at 21:02

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 15 '21 at 12:13

My solution is to use Firebase CLI binary for Windows:

Download CLI: https://firebase.google.com/docs/cli#install-cli-windows
Run CLI, go to the project directory (cd 'your app path'). By the way, you may see the version: run "firebase --version" for that
Run "firebase login" with Firebase CLI
Run "firebase init" with Firebase CLI

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 01 '23 at 18:32

My firebase command stopped working after I uninstalled node and shifted to last version of node with nvm.

what worked for me is adding C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodist\bin to system environment variables

To do so here are the instructions:

Open Start Menu or press Win button on your keyboard.
Type "variables".
Click on "Edit the system environment variables"
Click on "Environment Variables..." button.
In the "System variables" list select "Path" and click on the "Edit..." button under the list.
Add ;C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodist\bin; to the end of the list
Then click "OK"
In the "Edit environment variable" dialog click "OK".
In the "Environment Variables" dialog click on "OK".

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 06 '19 at 00:30

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Make sure you are running command line as an administer.

answered Sep 06 '19 at 00:30

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 19 '20 at 15:25

Make sure you run the CMD in administrator mode. Also once you have run npm install -g firebase-tools commands close the CMD prompt and reopen again. If this doesn't work uninstall node and reinstall it again. It requires your node version to be a minimum version to support firebase.

score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 22 '20 at 09:37

For peeps like me who were unable to get rid of this problem after trying everything suggested above. I know it is late but I Fixed it by changing the location for installing my packages. I ran the command "npm config get prefix" in cmd and I found out that my default location for node_modules installation had been changed. so I set it back to default by "npm config set prefix "C:\Users\your_PC_Name\AppData\Roaming\npm". After that I used "npm install -g firebase-tools" again

My firebase package was installed. I was relieved to see firebase.cmd file in npm folder. Earlier I had tried every thing like uninstalling node.js and deleting npm and npm cache folders but all those methods didn't work for me.

Cannot get "npm install -g" to work on any packages (AppData/Roaming/npm always empty) this discussion worked for me only.

Saud Ahmed · Answer 14 · 2021-09-06T09:06:24.773

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Add this to the environment variable:-

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\firebase

it will allow firebase commands in ps/cmd

i dont think : C:\Users<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\ now works.

edited Sep 06 '21 at 09:06

answered Sep 06 '21 at 06:19

Saud Ahmed

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 02 '23 at 06:36

I was struggling with this same issue for a few days and had an issue where my NPM was installed in two different places for whatever reason.

I had an npm folder in C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm\ as well as C:\Users\<user>\npm\

Turns out the Firebase installation command installed all the needed files into the latter folder, while my Environment PATH was pointing to the first folder.

I changed my PATH variable to C:\Users\<user>\npm\ and ran the firebase installation again. After that everything started working fine.

If you havent checked the other answers about what PATH is, you can access it by typing env in the Windows search bar and from there click the Environment Variables button. Then double click the Path line under System variables to edit it. Remember to press OK to save any changes.

This is probably a rare edgecase, but maybe it will help someone.

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Oct 11 '20 at 10:37

all of the Simple and Quick solution is here... step1): just go to C:\Users\your-user-name\AppData\Roaming\npm step2): copy the path of this "npm"-folder step3): now go to start and type "env" and select first-option then step4): now paste that path in "paths"-option by clicking on "edit"-button step5): then click on "ok" and restart your pc

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Nov 01 '20 at 23:56

I had similar issue in MAC. Terminal was giving me command not found message on running "firebase --version". So, I tried to reinstall the firebase with the command: "sudo npm i g firebase-tools" but it again errored out stating that the installed firebase binary file is corrupted.

Solution: STEP 1. Provide read, write and execute access with "sudo chmod a+rwx configstore" cmd to the path :

"/Users//.config/configstore/"

STEP 2. Run following command to update firebase:

sudo curl -sL firebase.tools | upgrade=true bash

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Dec 02 '20 at 11:17

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Add C:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\npm to your environment variable PATH.

answered Dec 02 '20 at 11:17

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Dec 15 '20 at 17:33

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For anyone still fighting this problem try to add the system environment path not to a user's environment.

answered Dec 15 '20 at 17:33

avraham calev

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score 0 · Answer 20 · edited Apr 10 '21 at 18:58

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https://github.com/firebase/firebase-tools/issues/46#issuecomment-615534999

Run your cmd from C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe or type this in your file path and hit Enter
Just reinstall firebas-tools {npm i firebase-tools -g} globally
Restart your computer its work for me good luck

edited Apr 10 '21 at 18:58

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answered Apr 10 '21 at 10:55

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered May 19 '21 at 14:57

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Simple answer to this question is-
1.npm install firebase command in terminal window.
2.Add firebase scripts in your editor that you use.
3.set the Path in the environment system variable.

I think it will be able solve your problem...

answered May 19 '21 at 14:57

Shubham Tomar

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score 0 · Answer 22 · edited Nov 17 '21 at 23:02

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My solution was that my project was on partition F: somedirectory/app, and when I moved it on partition C: Users/username/Documents/app It worked!

I tried everything mentioned and more, lost couple of hours.

So moving on partition where I installed: npm install -g firebase-tools then: firebase login, then: firebase init

edited Nov 17 '21 at 23:02

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answered Nov 17 '21 at 12:34

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Dec 21 '21 at 14:07

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npx firebase <your command>

answered Dec 21 '21 at 14:07

Snehal singh

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Could you add more information to your answer? – golimar Dec 23 '21 at 05:27

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Jan 15 '23 at 14:07

If you have similar problems like this

firebase : File C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Roaming\npm\firebase.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more em. For more
information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:1
+ firebase login
+ ~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess

perhaps you can try to Ctrl + Click the C:\Users<user-name>\AppData\Roaming\npm\firebase.ps1

After that you'll see a new PowerShell Terminal and you can continue it.

Hope it's works

Bianca Hendy · Answer 25 · 2023-04-10T13:19:13.273

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In my case it was necessary to add npm path C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm in environment variables in system PATH variable

edited Apr 10 '23 at 13:19

answered Apr 10 '23 at 13:18

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered May 07 '23 at 04:32

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Try restarting your system. That worked for me

answered May 07 '23 at 04:32

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Aug 16 '23 at 17:31

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Using administrator cmd worked for me.

windows key

cmd

ctrl+shift+enter

npm install -g firebase-tools

answered Aug 16 '23 at 17:31

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