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

Note: Before following the steps below, first try to restart your shell.

You can install node and npm with your Windows PowerShell as well, so if you've done that it won't work properly for your Subsystem. That means you have to install it twice (Powershell and Subsystem), decide for one thing, or adjust the environment variables.

If the preceding text, has not helped you, this is how to solve the problem:
Remove your current installations

sudo apt-get --purge remove node
("sudo apt autoremove node" if console is asking for)
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs

Install node the right way. This is for version 10:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt install node

Then install build tools so you can install add-ons for npm later

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

Now you can type in

npm -v
node -v
Same thing: nodejs -v

to check whether npm is installed correctly. If it shows nothing, restart the shell.

Here is a link that may help you.
https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

Answer 2

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

this is enough, if you still face the problem

node installation needs restart, close you ubuntu window and start again it will solve your problem :)

Answer 3

I received this error when I modified my "~/.bashrc" file to shorten up the bash directory.

At first I had:

if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
            PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\W\[\033[00m\]\$ '
    else
                PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u\h:\W\$'
        fi

....But then could not run any node operation. I rolled it back and the error stopped happening.

After some troubleshooting, I was able to fix the error by adding ~ before the $ on PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u\h:\W\~$

Answer 4

I had the same problem to solve I installed "NVM" in my Subsystem

Follow these steps and see if it will solve for you:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh

bash install_nvm.sh

source ~/.profile

nvm install 11.13.0

Answer 5

I had the same problem. This is what I did.

Step 1. Type node -vand npm -vcommands in Windows PowerShell and check if node and npm are properly installed

Step 2. Add this to the ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc file

export NVM_DIR="$([ -z "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME-}" ] && printf %s "${HOME}/.nvm" || printf %s "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/nvm")"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"

Step 3. type source ~/.zshrc and/or source ~/.bashrc

Step 4. Type node -vand npm -v commands in bash or zsh shells and the correct versions should now appear

Hope this solves your problem. Peace! ✌

Answer 6

I had the same error and it may seem silly, but I fixed it by simply typing exit in the console and opening it again.