Browser-sync command not found even after setting the correct path to the environment variable - node.js

I am facing a problem which i found some solutions but it is still not working.I installed nodejs for windows 32 bit version, and everything went well.Now when i installed browser-sync via command line running the command
$ npm install -g browser-sync
Now everything got installed correctly with a couple of warnings. Now when i ran the command
$ browser-sync --version
it said browser-sync command not found.So i googled and found out that my environment variable might not be set correctly so it is not picking up my command. So then i tried finding the correct path to be set in the env variable via the following command which gave the result
$ npm bin -g
C:\Users\TEMP\AppData\Roaming\npm;npm\npm
(not in PATH env variable)
So i tried adding the path via the command
$ PATH %PATH%;C:\Users\TEMP\AppData\Roaming\npm;npm\npm
But it is still not working.I checked whether the path is actually added directly from the environment editor and via running the command $ Path,and it is actually adding the path but the problem still persists.
I think the problem is with the folder name which has semicolon in it "npm;npm" which is actually used to separate paths.I am not quite sure why it is adding the folder with such a name, i tried renaming it but as soon as i run the command npm bin -g it makes a new folder with the same name.
Also i tried using the short name for the folder which was "NPM_NP~1" to avoid that semicolon issue but it is still not working.
I am stuck with this since past 2 days and hopefully i can find a solution from you guys so i can get on with some actual development work. I gave you guys as much info as i could. Let me know if you need something more and specific.

You need to have NODE_PATH set:
$ set NODE_PATH=%AppData%\npm\node_modules

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I got path error : [module not found] whenever I try to run any npm related command in VS Code

Whenever I try to run any npm related command such as npm -v or npm install , it gives me the error:
From the screenshot, you can see that it is trying to navigate to find the module but the module can not be found at:
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
Actually, the location of the npm-cli in my system is:
C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
In fact, I have set the path in the environment variable like this:
User variables:
System variables:
The solution I got is to run this command every time I want to run any npm related command:
SET PATH=C:\Program Files\Nodejs;%PATH%
But it is not a solution to run this command in the terminal every time I start working on my project in VS Code. I want to permanently set the path in the environment variable.
How can I resolve this?
Same issue, this was first major post I saw, so adding my fix for others who find themselves here. Hope it's helpful:
Restart PC, open VS Code, and delete any terminal instances that are still open, as they will not inherit the new path(s) if they are 'session-restored'.
My root cause was updating Node, which for whatever reason prefaced an environmental variable in $PATH$ with a semi-colon ';'. Worked in external cmd.exe, but didn't work in VS Code integrated terminal until I realized I had to restart the old ones.
This thread was the one that eventually got me there:
VS Code terminal doesn't recognize PATH variables

Node & Npm not recognized by WebStorm's terminal

I have paths to Node and NPM in both my user defined environment variable PATH and in system variable Path.
For node: C:\Program Files\nodejs
For npm: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\npm
Now node and npm are recognized by Windows Command Prompt but not by WebStorm's terminal. I get error:
'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command
Does anyone know what is problem? I could use WebStorm's terminal normally till today, but something went wrong and now I'm stuck.
EDIT:
echo %PATH% screenshot:
Settings/Tools/Terminal
screenshot:
I had similar issue. I had to select File -> Exit from the IntelliJ application as opposed to using IntelliJ's internal restart option: File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart -> Just Restart.
I had the similar problem like this.I was working with my project with another computer. and after that i decide to work with this project with my computer.so after moving the Files of project. i installed the Node.js and i had all of the paths about Node but when i was want to Run the project. i had this problem. i search a lot but nothing works. so i guess maybe when i restart my computer the new paths of variable system will work well. i restarted and my problem solved!
For those who are encountering this problem when you try to edit the run configuration, you have to put "start" as the command instead of "npm". By default Webstorm knows it's a npm project so it already starts with npm, you simply have to put the start command after that.

teach me how to set up a path correctly

I installed casperjs by npm install command on my mac os x.
But, when I try using casperjs in command line, it gives me the error below.
$ casperjs cas.js
-bash: /usr/local/bin/casperjs: No such file or directory
I checked if casperjs is installed by using which command.
The result is below.
$ which casperjs
-bash: /Users/Hayato/.nodebrew/current/bin/casperjs
I think what I need to do is to setup a path in a different way so that when I run "casperjs test.js", it runs "/Users/Hayato/.nodebrew/current/bin/casperjs" instead of "/usr/local/bin/casperjs".
But, I'm not familiar with this kind of terminal task, and don't know how to do this.
Please could anyone teach me how to setup a path correctly?
Thanks!
If you want to use casperjs in the directory you specified, add this to your ~/.bash_profile
export PATH=/Users/Hayato/.nodebrew/current/bin/:$PATH
Save the file
That will add all scripts in the /Users/Hayato/.nodebrew/current/bin directory to your path.
After that.. close the terminal and then reopen it:
You can check the path by doing:
echo $PATH
You should see the path you just added.
Then when you do the following:
which casperjs
it should use the new location.
Let me know if this works for you!
But, the issue may be something deeper, did you get errors when you installed casperjs via brew?
You may want to try linking it again using
brew link casperjs
If that doesn't work you may have some permission issues.
Check out these previously answered questions:
brew link didn't complete
Fixing homebrew permissions

Jenkins build step fails when calling "npm" on mac-os-x Yosemite

Before I start, I want to say that I already checked these answers:
Jenkins build step fails on 'npm install <whatever>'
Jenkin's build failing on npm install
Now, I'm dealing with this issue for a while already and thus I tried a bunch of stuff.
Firstly, I installed node + npm via homebrew. A simple $ node -v and $ npm -v echoed the version v0.10.36 for node and v2.3.* for npm, which also means I HAVE THEM IN THE PATH and they work while called in the terminal.
Simply adding node -v; npm -v to the execute shell in Jenkins didn't do it. After a bit of tinkering I copied what $: which node yielded in the terminal to the above mentioned script, which now looked like this: /usr/local/bin/node and apparently that worked. The Jenkins build succeeded and 'node-v0.10.36' was proudly displayed in the console output.
When doing the same for 'npm' which happened to be /usr/local/bin/npm --version the computing gods weren't so merciful anymore. A big 'env: node: No such file or directory' error was thrown this time and the whole build failed.
The actual command that fails is
$ /bin/sh -xe /var/folders/wr/g_dl81tn5_x0t_yz3jw602cr0000gn/T/hudson8770480548136671253.sh and "surprisingly" when I run the same command in the terminal it succeeds.
I also uninstalled the homebrew node & npm versions and installed them afterwards via the package manager. Same results.
Ultimately I also did this: https://gist.github.com/DanHerbert/9520689, with no luck.
Notes:
I'm running Jenkins 1.613 and tried with 1.5**
I didn't create a "Jenkins" specific user but instead I'm using the admin. This happens to be the same user that Jenkins runs, since the who am i command inside the executable script yields the admin's user name.
sudo'ing doens't help
I'm also running the whole thing in a Virtual Environment - vagrant
I'm not running Jenkins as a deamon, as it's conflicting with xtools, but as a simple process
I also tried out jenkins-node plugin with various configs (can detail if needed)
Thanks a lot for your help, and let me know if you need any other info, screenshots, logs, etc.
I found my own solution. The problem was that the PATH although visible in shell was not exported for the Jenkins job, and so, the first workaround, as found here, was to export it in the actual script like so:
but this feels like a hack!
The right and elegant solution is to use Jenkins EnvInject Plugin and export the path in the added Properties content textarea on the configuration page, like so:
Manage Jenkins -> Configure System -> Global properties -> Environment variables

Grunt on Windows 8: 'grunt' is not recognized

I'm having a problem running Grunt from the command line on my Windows 8 machine.
My research indicates the most common solution is to install grunt-cli, since Grunt is no longer global. I also need to make sure I actually install the Grunt task runner, since that's not installed with grunt-cli.
Other solutions point to the PATH system environment variable, but that appears to be pointed as I'd expect to:
C:\Users[username]\AppData\Roaming\npm
Having done all that, I'm still getting a "'grunt' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file" error message in the CLI. I've tried the following things, uninstalling everything after every attempt:
Installed grunt-cli globally (npm install -g grunt-cli), then grunt at the directory level I want to use it (npm install grunt)
The same as above, but with the order of installation reversed
The same as both of the above, but using the Admin Command Prompt
Am I missing something obvious?
I've not had any issues with grunt on several different windows 8 machines.
If you open the folder: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\npm
Do you have a file named grunt.cmd in this folder?
If not I'd maybe try npm install -g grunt-cli again, maybe from an elevated command prompt.
If this exists and you have C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\npm in your PATH environment variable then typing grunt from a command prompt should work.
Silly question, have you tried closing the command prompt and opening a new one?
Confirm your PATH is correct (and not messed up). Just type PATH from the command prompt. There's really no other explanation that makes sense given the error you're describing and the steps you've taken.
Normally, using the where grunt command would have found grunt.cmd in your path if npm is installed correctly and it has been properly added to the system path.
Close all Command Prompt instances.
Start a new Command Prompt instance.
Type PATH Enter and verify if C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\npm is part of the path.
If not, you need to log off and on again,or close the Command Prompt and restart the explorer process.
In the Command Prompt, type where grunt Enter.
You're good if it reports:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\npm\grunt
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\npm\grunt.cmd
Otherwise, you have to reinstall the grunt-cli package if it reports:
INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s).
Apparently, programs that change the PATH environment variable must broadcast a WM_SETTINGCHANGE message. The Windows' System settings window does it correctly when you change the PATH variable, but the NPM installer doesn't. That's why you have to restart explorer (or log off or restart, which has the same effect).
I know this has been answered but I thought I'd offer my step by step solution for windows 8.
First thing I checked was the PATH in my laptops Environment Variables (Right click my computer > properties > advanced system settings > Environment Variables)
It wasn't listed in there so I added a new variable in User variables (so it was specific only to my user account)
In the new user variable prompt I entered the following;
Variable Name: PATH
Variable Value: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\npm
Quit command prompt, repoened, navigated to my projects directory and tried running grunt again and... SUCCESS!
I had the same issue.
I tried different things:
Restart computer
Deleted the grunt folder and ran
npm install -g grunt -cli
Didn't work.
Finally tried:
npm install -g grunt-cli
Worked perfectly.
Tried
where grunt
and I saw 2 locations where it was found.
I was facing the same problem on windows 8
I have added ' %APPDATA%\npm ' to the path variable . It has been working fine.
some times NPM install corrupts the basic windows path. i usually have a copy of my own version of PATH mainted separately. every week or on some installs i manually configure and update the %PATH% variable.
Basically Grunt.cmd is not availbe through %PATH% variable.
I have stucked with problem on Windows 8, that after install grunt-cli I've always got "command not found" while I'm tried to check grunt -v or where grunt. So I've added to enviroment PATH this path C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local and run grunt.cmd from that folder (you need to look in node_modules folder here). And after reloading my terminal everything started to work.
Same happened to me and here was the solution:
Have you got 2 different versions of Node.JS installed?
Maybe Nodist?
This means you likely got NPM installed twice which will install the commands into 2 different folders:
Once into C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\npm and once into C:\dev\nodist\bin\bin.
C:\dev\nodist\bin\bin wasn't on my path variable so I added it, and I removed the Node.JS version I didn't want to use.
If you have no grunt.cmd file created by npm, make sure that you do not have a .npmrc in your home directory with: bin-links=false in it.
After getting a tonne of "'grunt' is not recognized as an internal or external command," errors, I solved this on Windows 10 by going to Path and adding C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\npm

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