firebase-tools “-bash: firebase: command not found”

Question

Excited that Firebase\'s hosting is now out of beta. Trying to get going with with the firebase-tools package and I\'ve successfully installed it:

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Answer 1

This worked for me on Mac (same thing the others have been posting above, just for Mac):

1. go to your home folder in Finder (named after your user name, in my case "macbook")

2. press cmd+shift+dot (will reveal hidden files)

3. go the .npm-global/bin folder and copy its path (Finder menu -> View -> Show Path Bar, right click on the bin folder in the path bar -> "Copy 'bin' as Pathname")

4. open Terminal (by default the home folder) and go nano ~/.bash_profile

5. at the top of the file add export PATH="<cmd+v>:$PATH" (will look similar to this: export PATH="/Users/macbook/.npm-global/bin:$PATH")

6. save .bash_profile changes and restart Terminal, firebase command should work now

Answer 2

Below command works for me on terminal

curl -sL firebase.tools | upgrade=true bash

This command install firebase tool for me

Answer 3

After installing:
$ npm install -g firebase-tools
$ firebase init
-bash: firebase: command not found
"If you are getting the above output then follow the below steps:"

For Windows Users: type this cmd :
$ npm get prefix
C:\Users\Jeet\AppData\Roaming\npm [this is the location]

Now you have to set in enviorenment variable -> (windows+r) -> sysdm.cpl -> Advanced(tab) -> Environment Variables -> under the System Variables -> click on path -> edit -> C:\Users\Jeet\AppData\Roaming\npm [paste] the above location -> apply - ok - ok.

Restart your bash terminal
Thanks!!!

Answer 4

After trying pretty much everything, only one worked for me (I'm on MacOs Catalina):

Try the following in your terminal:

curl -sL https://firebase.tools | bash
This will check the OS of your machine and then install everything else automatically and properly.

The command is from the official Firebase Documentation.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/60474459/1245341

Answer 5

Installing firebase-tools globally did the trick for me :

npm install -g firebase-tools

Answer 6

I am on Linux and installing the package with admin privileges resolved the problem:

sudo npm i -g firebase-tools