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

For Mac OS Sierra:

1. $ sudo npm install -g firebase-tools
2. To stop other Node process use $ ps aux | grep node
3. If needed to upgrade or install emulator - $ npm install -g @google-cloud/functions-emulator
4. Ready to go $ firebase --version

Answer 2

Faced the same issue, am a newbie backend guy. Used npm install firebase-tools It doesn't install and you can't run. I tried looking at the forums and here's what worked for me: sudo npm install -g firebase-tools. Then it asks for Permissions when you firebase login. Am using Ubuntu.

Answer 3

Run code below with terminal,

alias firebase="`npm config get prefix`/bin/firebase"

Answer 4

You should add the npm bin folder to your bash PATH variable. To do that, run:

npm get prefix

And it should output something like /home/your-username/npm-global.

Then in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile (if you're in a Mac) file, add:

export PATH="/home/your-username/npm-global/bin:$PATH" # Add npm bin PATH

Note the "/bin" after the npm get prefix result.

Answer 5

Simply reinstall node.js. This worked for me and fire command was recognized.

Answer 6

Bruno's answer did the trick, I only needed to add a dot at npm-global in Ubuntu in .bashrc:

export PATH="/home/your-username/.npm-global/bin:$PATH" # Add npm bin PATH