How can I add npm (node.js package manager) to the PATH?

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I installed node.js like this:

cd /usr/local/bin/
git clone --depth 1 http://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
git checkout origin/v0.4 # optional.  Note that master is unstable.
export JOBS=2 # optional, sets number of parallel commands.
mkdir ~/local
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/node
make
make install
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/node/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

Then I executed this curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh to install npm. After I logged out and logged back in, npm command wasn't recognized:

[/usr/local/bin/node]# npm install now
-bash: npm: command not found

What should I add to the PATH to have npm working?

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 04 '19 at 21:12

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Try this:

git clone https://github.com/npm/cli
cd npm/cli
sudo make install

That advice comes from of https://github.com/isaacs/npm#readme.

It is not as cute as curl|sh, but works.

edited Jan 04 '19 at 21:12

John Czukkermann

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answered Jun 22 '11 at 13:33

Thaddee Tyl

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apart from `rm -rf /` what does xmas do? – Raynos Jun 22 '11 at 13:56
ASCII art, obviously! (Spoiler alert, there are xterm colors involved) – Thaddee Tyl Jun 22 '11 at 14:06
I'm getting this: fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection timed out) Clone of 'git://github.com/isaacs/abbrev-js.git' into submodule path 'node_modules/abbrev' failed make: *** [submodules] Error 1 – emurad Jun 22 '11 at 14:41
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That's odd. Is your ethernet cable unplugged? – Thaddee Tyl Jun 22 '11 at 14:58
No, I'm doing these steps on a shared hosting server with +100 days of uptime! – emurad Jun 22 '11 at 18:08
The https://github.com/npm/npm.git repository is no longer used and has been archived. https://github.com/npm/cli should be used. – John Czukkermann Jan 04 '19 at 16:47

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '13 at 08:18

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Great news : npm now comes with nodejs !

answered Jan 28 '13 at 08:18

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True, and yet still with `node` and `npm` both in `/usr/local/bin` I can run `node` but not `npm` from the terminal :( – markwalker_ Mar 18 '14 at 13:22
And still not installed from `yum install nodejs` – Sergey Jan 12 '16 at 13:35

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 22 '17 at 03:06

I am a beginner~, but I want be helpful.

I use centos7, and do you know yum (a tool could download and setup programs like mirosoft Windows)

First, I search keyword "node.js" at wiki.centos, I find this. https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/SCLo/CollectionsList?highlight=%28node.js%29. There are two versions of nodejs could be used at the moment, I chose the higher one. the URL is https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-nodejs4/ and the command lines are below:

# Install a package with repository for your system:
# On CentOS, install package centos-release-scl available in CentOS repository:
$ sudo yum install centos-release-scl-rh

# On RHEL, enable RHSCL repository for you system:
$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms

# 2. Install the collection:
$ sudo yum install rh-nodejs4

# 3. Start using software collections:
$ scl enable rh-nodejs4 bash

I think it a very easy way to install nodejs than manual, wish you happy! — jinzi9800, Jun 22 '17 at 03:07
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How can I add npm (node.js package manager) to the PATH?

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