I have a server with NodeJS and NPM already installed. Then process to install Express with NPM:
$ npm install express -g
It answered:
Installing express-generator, we see
/var/www/site/npm/bin/express -> /var/www/site/npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/bin/express
Add /var/www/site/npm/bin to your $PATH
/var/www/site/npm/bin