asdf current shows node, but zsh can't find node command

Question

I am new to asdf. I installed asdf on via brew and enabled the asdf plugin in oh-my-zsh. Then I installed nodejs by asdf plugin add node and asdf install node, my .asdf current returns this

$ asdf current
nodejs          21.6.1          /Users/gefei/.tool-versions

But when I then do node, I just got an error:

$ node
zsh: command not found: node

What's going wrong?

EDIT: asdf reshim does not help, but asdf exec node works.

PS: I am sorry for the title, but I just could not find a good title which meets the quality standards of SE. For any advice I would be grateful

Antimonous

Can you expand the post with how exactly you set up asdf? And does running asdf exec node work? – Erbe

Also see this FAQ entry: Shell not detecting newly installed shims? – Erbe

@Erbe Yes, asdf exec node works, but asdf reshim does not help – Antimonous

And you verified that you added the correct line into your .zshrc? After you make changes to .zshrc you either need to resource the config or open a new shell to have the config applied. – Erbe

@Erbe I put some more explanation into the question. Basically I installed asdf by HomeBrew, and enabled the asdf plugin in oh-my-zsh. Currently I have the following plugins: plugins=(git asdf virtualenv node). I did not change my .zshrc manually cause I think the asdf plugin of oh-my-zsh must suffice. Doesn't it? – Antimonous

I think that should be right... maybe try moving the asdf plugin after the node plugin? – Erbe

Answer 1

I spent about 40 minutes on this, and finally found a simple solution: I simply added the path /Users/gefei/.asdf/shims/ to my $PATH$ and then it works fine.

I actually don't know whose job it is to put a line to .zshrc to automate this, so I decided to write an answer to this question, hoping someone will find it helpful.

Antimonous

Thank you, I would have wasted a lot more of my time also – Lachance

Answer 2

Alternatively, this line on your .zshrc file should solves as well:

. /opt/homebrew/opt/asdf/libexec/asdf.sh

Basically this add necessary content on your $PATH.

Dorolisa