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

Question

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?

Gasp

Answer 1

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.

Utilize

apart from rm -rf / what does xmas do? – Blame

ASCII art, obviously! (Spoiler alert, there are xterm colors involved) – Utilize

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 – Gasp

That's odd. Is your ethernet cable unplugged? – Utilize

No, I'm doing these steps on a shared hosting server with +100 days of uptime! – Gasp

The github.com/npm/npm.git repository is no longer used and has been archived. github.com/npm/cli should be used. – Anthropography

Answer 2

Great news : npm now comes with nodejs !

Seagirt

True, and yet still with node and npm both in /usr/local/bin I can run node but not npm from the terminal :( – Impartial

And still not installed from yum install nodejs – Nombril

Answer 3

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

Peon

I think it a very easy way to install nodejs than manual, wish you happy! – Peon

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