I have a question about usage of Nodejs.
I installed it on Win7 and run (green Node.js icon) it, but when I tried to run "npm install" command it dodn't work. I had to move to Nodejs command prompt where npm is working.
Is that how it supposed to work?
Once you install NodeJS under Windows, it goes into the global PATH, meaning that it is available in the usual Windows command prompt. So, just open one by pressing:
Windows+R
Type cmd and press Enter
Then type node -v. You should be able to see an appropriate response.
Add your AppData\Roaming\npm and Program Files\nodejs folder to your path.
Also have a look at this:
Node.js doesn't recognize system path?
Second answer helped me to add my Roaming folder.
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I simply can't run "npm" or, for instance, "gulp" in my cmder. But I can run it if I manually open the cmd
λ gulp
'gulp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
If I run npm manually from the Nodejs directory, it works. So I added an alias with alias npm=C:\Progra~1\nodejs\npm.cmd $* and now npm works, but I guess that's not the best solution, since I can't run Node modules.
What I've tried
I've tried to add "%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules" and
"AppData\Roaming\npm" to both System and User environment variables
Restarting the computer
Running cmd as admin inside of Cmder
Add "%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules" and "AppData\Roaming\npm" to
"Cmder's user-startup.cmd" path.
I can run Ruby's gem or Python inside of cmder just fine, but Node just won't work specifically inside of Cmder (but will work on window's native cmd.exe)
Fixed
Download the lastest version of Cmder through the github repo https://github.com/cmderdev/ instead of downloading it from the website.
Add the "C:\Progra~1\nodejs\" to your user path in Windows using the System Properties window. Restart Cmder. Cmder can then see all the nodejs related executables, including npm.
The standard release from the website will work.
source: this has worked for me.
Run cmder as admin..
The reason why the workaround (moving files in the same directory) works is because running the cmder does not have privileges to access files outside of its directory. So either give it orivelages or Run as Admin. That it expands da the paths it can access and removes limitations/restrictions.
problem solved
For me what worked was using the cmder from selecting save file instead of open with Windows Explorer (default)
Briefly:
Create shortcuts for npm.cmd and npx.cmd and put them to ../cmder/bin/ folder.
Detailed:
Install nodejs. For example, to C:/Program Files/nodejs
Install cmder. For example, to C:/cmder
Go to nodejs folder and create shortcuts for npm.cmd and npx.cmd (right click - create shortcut). Windows will show message that cannot create here, will be created on Desktop instead - agree.
Copy shortcuts from Desktop to /cmder/bin/.
Rename them to npm.cmd and npx.cmd relatively (remove - Shortcut).
Reopen cmder, run npm.
I was messing around with the npm package today and I noticed that all of my commands were being run from my command prompt on my machine rather than through the node.js command line that comes with the download.
Bottom line: Why is there a node command prompt if you run commands from your local command prompt?
I saw there was a question like this here: node.js command line tool but it doesnt exactly answer the question.
I appreciate any help out there.
The node.js command prompt has your node.js environment set-up. Most of time, if you try to install some global package through your local command prompt, it will not work as expected, but if you use node.js command prompt it will. Happened to me while trying to use the express-generator.
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
I am trying to install node.js. I followed this tutorial and i am stuck in the middle.
When I write ./configure in my cygwin terminal it says "cygwin not supported". Please help me out
Thanks in advance.
Node in my experience runs fine in cygwin, what Node usually has EINVAL errors in seems to be MINTTY which is a terminal emulation 'skin' that is default to cygwin. I still am not sure why these EINVAL errors happen 100% but the following are the steps and tricks I use to get node working.
In my /cygwin/home/{username}/.bashrc I add node to path so cygwin can find it
export PATH=$PATH:"/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/"
If you run a 32 bit version of node:
export PATH=$PATH:"/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/nodejs/"
Then to make npm run without windows to linux issues I launch cygwin in admin mode then run:
dos2unix '/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm'
At this point running files and most npm packages will run in MINTTY just fine, although every once and awhile you will run into EINVAL issues with certain npm packages as karma. Also you will not be able to run the interpreter directly in MINTTY, anytime I want to do these things I run:
cygstart /bin/bash
This will open a native cygwin bash.exe window, from here you run the interpreter or an any troubling package command that results in a EINVAL. It slightly sucks you have to do this but I rarely use this day to day, and I love MINTTY too much to not use it.
Also note that you can run any one line node code in MINTTY by just running something like:
node -e "console.log('hello node')"
As a simpler derivative of troy's answer for those just looking to install NPM packages:
Install Node.js with the Windows installer package.
Add it to the PATH with export PATH=$PATH:"/cygdrive/c/Program Files/nodejs/" (obviously replacing the path to Node.js's installation directory with where you installed it).
There's a current bug in the Windows version that can be fixed by running mkdir -p ~/AppData/Roaming/npm. This is a bug for all of Windows and not just Cygwin. At some point of the future, you won't have to do this anymore, but the command shouldn't have any negative side effects.
Test it. Eg, npm install pretty-diff -g.
In order to be able to run the newly installed software, you'll need to add the install locations to your PATH. You can find these with npm bin -g and npm bin (the -g flag is the "global" installation location).
Not really anything special that you have to do to get it to run in Cygwin (although I can't say if everything works).
Use Console2, it allows you to run create tabs of CLI shells. It seems running cygwin inside console2 allows me to use node REPL just fine. I have no idea why :P
Follow this guide to add cygwin to console2:
http://blog.msbbc.co.uk/2009/11/configuring-console-2-and-bash-with.html
With Bjørn's suggestion (using Console2) and Soyuka's alias (steps here), my node.js v0.10.13 and npm v1.3.2 are now working under Babun v1.02, a Cygwin distribution.
For windows, Just run bash.exe in cmd, so that you could have a bash work around with cmd console directly, which could support ALL NODE WORKING PERFECTLY.
C:\Users\郷>bash
郷#CHIGIX ~
$ node
>
I'm using this wrapper in /usr/local/bin/node (note no extension!)
#!/bin/sh
_cmd="$(cygpath -lw -- "$1" )"
shift
"/proc/cygdrive/C/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe" "$_cmd" "$#"
This is far from perfect, as Node do not understand Cygwin directory tree, but works relatively well with relative names.
From Windows, run Cygwin.bat (instead of Cygwin Terminal) then in that run node: see and reply on this answer on this effectively-same question asked 1.5 years later.
Grab and run the node.js Windows installer.
In the Cygwin prompt type node
See if it works.
I have installed the latest node.js from here . I see the %Path% variables have been set for Node.js. But, When i run node from C:\ , i get a "Node is not an recognized comman". But node command is working fine from "C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs" path. Can i not run Node commands from C:\ or Say from an other path if i set the Env variables right? Please help. I am running a Win7 X64.
Thank You,
Faraaz
I had the exact same problem, but in my PATH variable I had: C:\Program Files\nodejs\.
After changing it to C:\Program Files\nodejs I could access it from anywhere.
What happens if you run node --version? I have never tried node.js from windows but if that doesn't work there is something wrong with your paths.
What do you get when you run echo %PATH%?
You should check if the path C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs is present in your %PATH. If not, add it via the system properties (persistent change). In any case, restart your command prompt, it'll reload the %PATH variable. If you're lucky, it should work now :)
Most likely it happens because there is no Node path in your PATH environment variable.
I see two ways to solve this
Just add Node path into the end of PATH.
Reinstall Node as administrator
run 7-zip (or some file manager) with administrator privileges >>
browse to node-installer.msi >> open it, install node >> enjoy
My Sublime was working with Nodejs fine. I could press Alt-R and see the output from Node in Sublime. Then at some point I upgraded Sublime. I now have version 2.02 build 2221
And at some later point I tried Alt-R and got this infamous message
'node' is not recognized as an internal or external command
But it had worked, so what changed?
The steps I took to fix it were to install git bash and then
$ git clone https://github.com/tanepiper/SublimeText-Nodejs.git
$ cd SublimeText-Nodejs/
$ git checkout 095ba03344
Back in Sublime I clicked Preferences > Browse Packages. This opened up Windows Explorer with the folder:
C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 2\Packages
I replaced the contents of the Nodejs folder with the git version. Re-started Sublime and then Alt-R sprang back into life.
Other things that turned out to be irrelevant were changing the file Nodejs.sublime-settings and tampering with system environment variables. The only thing that worked was 095ba03344 as described here
https://github.com/tanepiper/SublimeText-Nodejs/pull/39