Node.js Pedia

express command not found in bash after installing it with npm

bash express node.js npm

Question

just installed new ubuntu vm to test around with node installed things in this order:

node
mongodb-server
npm
express
mongoose

now, trying to create a new app i noticed express cannot be used in the shell. express -v returns express: command not found

i installed npm like this

curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sudo sh

and i installed express this way

npm install express

any ideas?

1
27
5/23/2011 9:14:33 PM

Accepted Answer

npm install express -g

You need to install it globally.

Npm 1.0 installs modules locally by default. So the bash executable lives in /node_modules/bin/. You can add that folder to PATH or you can just install express globally so that it's picked up by PATH

39
5/23/2011 9:32:20 PM

Starting from express 4.00 you also need to install express generator with: 

npm install -g express-generator

Only after this will you be able to run express as a command!

For confirmation see: ExpressJS.com - Migrating to Express 4

Fazi

View more on Stack Overflow
Licensed under: CC-BY-SA with attribution
Not affiliated with: Stack Overflow
Icon