Error sudo npm command not found

Question

When I do:

sudo npm install -g n

I get the error:

sudo: npm: command not found

npm works without sudo. When I do:

whereis node

I see:

node: /usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node /usr/bin/X11/node /usr/local/node

Running:

which npm

Shows:

/usr/local/node/bin/npm

I'm still getting the same error. I also looked at the /etc/sudoers file and the relevant line is:

Defaults        secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

This looks fine to me. How can I possibly get NPM working with sudo command?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

I had the same problem; here are the commands to fix it:

• sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/node
• sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/node /usr/lib/node
• sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm
• sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/node-waf /usr/bin/node-waf

Hope it works!!

Thank You!!

Comments

Where is npm installed? Is this location in your $PATH?

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You would use brew ls --verbose npm or locate npm to find where npm is installed