npm install error `not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:`

Question

I have installed Ubuntu Bash on Windows. I already have nodejs and npm on my windows machine at C:\\Program Files\\nodejs. In the bash she

Answer 1

The solution provided by phucanhapril on May 24, 2017 in this thread worked for me.

To summarise, edit ~/.profile and change your PATH to this:

PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"

(By default it does not include /usr/bin)

Then run:

source ~/.profile

I am not quite sure why npm doesn't work properly in the first place, or why /usr/bin isn't in PATH by default, but the solution worked for me.