Highest scored 'npm+macos' questions

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xcode-select active developer directory error

Saw the following error when running an npm install which required node-gyp... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select. xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, ...

tjmehta

30.2k

asked Jul 31, 2013 at 20:52

852 votes

34 answers

297k views

nvm keeps "forgetting" node in new terminal session

Upon using a new terminal session in OS X, nvm forgets the node version and defaults to nothing: $ nvm ls: .nvm v0.11.12 v0.11.13 I have to keep hitting nvm use v.0.11.13 in ...

frhd

9,964

asked Jul 5, 2014 at 10:05

237 votes

10 answers

155k views

What is the recommended way to install Node.js, nvm and npm on MacOS X?

I am trying to use Homebrew as much as possible. What's the recommended way to install Node.js, nvm and npm on MacOS X?

ohho

51.6k

asked Jan 19, 2015 at 3:03

191 votes

22 answers

224k views

Error: The 'brew link' step did not complete successfully

I'm trying to install node.js via Homebrew. Unfortunately, I get this error: ➜ ~ brew install node ==> Downloading http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.10/node-v0.8.10.tar.gz #############################...

chandlervdw

3,226

asked Sep 26, 2012 at 17:26

174 votes

33 answers

512k views

Command not found after npm install in zsh

I'm having some problems installing vows via npm in zsh. Here's what I get. I tried installing it with and without the -g option. Do you have any idea what's wrong here? [❤ ~/Desktop/sauce-node-demo:...

optikfluffel

2,698

asked Oct 5, 2012 at 10:02

167 votes

12 answers

281k views

npm global path prefix

I am being more cautious than usual because I have been confused by the behavior of npm in the past. I am on a Mac and have installed node.js through brew install node. Now that I want to run ...

Steven Lu

42.6k

asked Feb 10, 2013 at 23:42

150 votes

6 answers

177k views

Permission denied when installing npm modules in OSX

I'm trying to install node-g.raphael, and I'm getting the following error: Bender-03:htdocs alfred$ sudo npm install node-g.raphael --save Password: > [email protected] install /Users/alfred/...

NotoriousWebmaster

3,528

asked Nov 12, 2017 at 18:36

148 votes

7 answers

236k views

Where should my npm modules be installed on Mac OS X?

I was attempting to upgrade phonegap via npm when I started running into trouble. Long story short, there are two node_modules directories on my computer. /usr/local/lib/node_modules /usr/local/share/...

Ben Harold

6,402

asked Jul 30, 2014 at 20:06

123 votes

6 answers

575k views

How can I add a .npmrc file?

I installed node on my Mac OS Sierra. I use Windows at my work so there I have a .npmrc file in the node folder but I don't seem to find that in mac. The problem is I want to add a registry of the ...

Rohit Srivastava

1,265

asked Mar 18, 2017 at 17:42

114 votes

10 answers

250k views

how to update npm on macOS

For reasons unknown to me, I haven't been able to update to the latest version of npm on macOS (it works fine on Windows). It displays no error, only 'updated 1 package'. Using Node.js 8.11.1 node -...

NonCreature0714

5,904

asked Apr 4, 2018 at 22:41

108 votes

12 answers

325k views

How to fix curl: (60) SSL certificate: Invalid certificate chain

I get the following error running curl https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh on Mac OSX 10.9 (Mavericks): install npm@latest curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: Invalid certificate chain More details ...

leafiy

1,190

asked Sep 23, 2013 at 16:20

100 votes

12 answers

131k views

Gulp command not found after install

I installed gulp(globally) and it looks like it worked because it ran this code: ├── [email protected] ├── [email protected] ├── [email protected] ├── [email protected] ├── [email protected] ├── [email protected] ├...

iluvpinkerton

3,058

asked Aug 2, 2014 at 0:25

87 votes

13 answers

170k views

Error: EACCES: permission denied when trying to install ESLint using npm

I'm trying to install ESLint with npm by going: npm install -g eslint However I get the following error: Deans-Air:~ deangibson$ npm install -g eslint npm ERR! tar.unpack untar error /Users/...

user818700

asked Mar 12, 2016 at 6:55

79 votes

21 answers

203k views

`node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build` failed during MeanJS installation on OSX

I just bought myself a mac book after using Windows for a long time. I was trying to work on a MeanJS project that I had been working on. Doing npm install on the project throws error Failed to ...

aayush shrestha

1,888

asked Nov 1, 2015 at 15:38

73 votes

7 answers

162k views

NPM Error "Can't find Python executable" in MacOS Big Sur

I've been looking for the answer to this for a good solid week now, with no success. I've looked at every StackOverflow post, every article from Google and every related Github issue I could find. ...

J. Jackson

3,766

asked Nov 24, 2021 at 14:45

64 votes

12 answers

57k views

npm doesn't work, get always this error -> Error: Cannot find module 'are-we-there-yet'

i tried to install grunt on a mac with Yosemite. node is already installed in the newest version. if i type "node -v" in the terminal i get the line v0.12.5. thats good. but when i want to install ...

Gregor Voinov

2,253

asked Jun 24, 2015 at 11:14

55 votes

23 answers

57k views

Issue with babel-jest dependency when running npm start in a React app

All I am doing is running create-react-app and cd'ing into the app, then trying to run npm/yarn start. I get the following error/output/log. I have walked through all of the suggested steps. The only ...

jasonspiller

563

asked Oct 31, 2018 at 17:34

54 votes

19 answers

118k views

keep getting "? Something is already running on port 3000" when I do npm start on react app

I keep on getting "? Something is already running on port 3000" message in my terminal when I start up my react server when there is absolutely nothing running on my port 3000 What I have ...

Jonathan Lee

541

asked Feb 28, 2018 at 5:46

49 votes

7 answers

58k views

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/lib/node_modules

Note: Due to security concerns, please don't use the marked solution but instead the highest voted one! original question: I am trying to install monaca with this command. npm install -g monaca But ...

user10378098

asked Oct 25, 2018 at 1:07

46 votes

8 answers

36k views

NPM not creating .bin directory

I'm using npm v1.4.4 and node v0.10.25 on Mac OS X 10.9.2. I've recently upgraded node and npm, and now npm install is no longer creating the .bin directory in node_modules. I've deleted ...

Gaz

1,628

asked Mar 12, 2014 at 6:15

44 votes

1 answer

19k views

what is ~/.npm dir for?

I have installed the global npm package jslint and it lives here $ ls -la /usr/local/bin/jslint lrwxr-xr-x 1 lust admin 40 Feb 12 15:31 /usr/local/bin/jslint -> ../lib/node_modules/jslint/bin/...

Steven Lu

42.6k

asked Feb 12, 2013 at 21:30

40 votes

6 answers

34k views

Bower Installation Errors

Now I have installed Node and Npm and I run this command in terminal (yes I am on a mac): npm install -g bower Which follows with this output from the terminal: npm http GET https://registry.npmjs....

Hurricane Development

2,444

asked Feb 7, 2014 at 0:08

40 votes

13 answers

118k views

npm not reading .npmrc file

I'm trying to install a library from a private repository, and I keep getting an error in trying to use npm. I'm using: OSX Mavericks 10.9.3 Node v0.10.28 npm 1.4.10 (this was installed after trying ...

Maverick

711

asked May 27, 2014 at 21:16

39 votes

2 answers

91k views

Vue command not found [duplicate]

Trying to install Vue, but I am getting an error -bash: vue: command not found. Everything is installed per Vue instructions and I'm not sure why I am getting this issue. Thanks in advance!

lecham

2,454

asked Aug 21, 2018 at 22:39

39 votes

10 answers

54k views

All NPM commands error with TypeError: Class extends value undefined is not a constructor or null

I've been using n to install node for years with no issues. Now on my Big Sur mac, I updated from v14.17.6 to v16. This updated without incident and node -v shows "16.13.1". However ...

Mordred

3,861

asked Dec 16, 2021 at 18:00

39 votes

4 answers

72k views

Install Angular Unsupported Engine, OSX

I am reinstalling my MacBook. And I receive the following message when I install (npm install -g @angular/cli) angular. Any idea why? I suspect the nom version but I comes along with node... ...

Jean-Philippe M

781

asked Feb 7, 2021 at 13:22

38 votes

7 answers

271k views

Unable to get Angular CLI version, though all the requirements are installed?

I am having difficulties doing anything with the Angular CLI. I have Node, NPM. and Angular all installed, when I run the which command in the terminal they all exist in my /user/local/bin This is my ...

Tanner

848

asked Feb 13, 2020 at 5:27

37 votes

9 answers

57k views

How to fix "yo: command not found" after installing Yeoman

Following these instructions, I tried to install yeoman using npm twice: http://yeoman.io/learning/index.html After the first failure, I uninstalled node using these instructions: How do I ...

Joanna Marsden

555

asked Jan 18, 2014 at 23:43

28 votes

1 answer

18k views

NPM Won't Run After Upgrade

I've been using node .4x and npm, and decided to upgrade to .67. Oh boy. I'm on Mac OSX--new to it. When I type npm I get -bash: /usr/bin/npm: No such file or directory echo $PATH shows a lot of ...

bear

1,348

asked Jan 20, 2012 at 0:30

25 votes

5 answers

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npm command - sudo or not?

Currently I always run sudo npm install <package-name> but as I understand it's not correct. I want to have opportunity not to use it as root/Administrator. I followed some advice and used this ...

Kosmetika

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asked May 23, 2013 at 21:33

23 votes

5 answers

14k views

-bash: gulp: command not found in Mac

I try install gulp in mac like this : Is-iMac:~ itop$ npm root /Users/itop/node_modules Is-iMac:~ itop$ npm config set prefix /usr/local Is-iMac:~ itop$ npm root -g /usr/local/lib/node_modules Is-...

ಠ_ಠ

1,235

asked Mar 9, 2016 at 6:05

20 votes

3 answers

7k views

NPM: The "ld: library not found for -lgcc_s.10.5" on On OS X El Capitan?

When I use npm install to install dependencies of this repository, I encountered an error like this: > [email protected] install /Users/hanfeisun/Workspace/vue-webpack-example/node_modules/webpack/...

Hanfei Sun

46.5k

asked Aug 11, 2015 at 7:55

19 votes

8 answers

33k views

Unable to resolve sequelize package

I'm trying to install sequelize-cli in my Mac OS 10.12.6. In Terminal, I did npm install -g sequelize-cli I got npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher ...

code-8

57.5k

asked Aug 30, 2017 at 23:54

18 votes

7 answers

27k views

Having trouble installing npm on mac M1

npm WARN old lockfile npm WARN old lockfile The package-lock.json file was created with an old version of npm, npm WARN old lockfile so supplemental metadata must be fetched from the registry. npm ...

Nikhil

451

asked Aug 23, 2021 at 17:26

18 votes

7 answers

37k views

Fix a npm install failure with error code EINTEGRITY

I have browsed through various similar posts here to no avail. They all arrive at similar solutions about using npm cache verify or npm cache clear, etc. I have even went as far as to completely ...

GingerSwag

199

asked Mar 4, 2018 at 6:40

18 votes

7 answers

24k views

How to fix "zsh: command not found: vue"?

I installed @vue/cli on my mac, but whenever I type “vue”, my terminal says “zsh: command not found: vue” - How can I fix this problem? I searched similar issues and already spent half a day, but ...

Ami

183

asked Oct 28, 2019 at 12:23

17 votes

1 answer

6k views

npm won't install from package.json within project

On my macbook air I can only install npm packages globally using sudo but anytime I go into a local directory and try to install a local package without the -g it gives me errors. npm ERR! Error: ...

Mmarzex

193

asked Sep 21, 2012 at 14:58

16 votes

6 answers

44k views

How to install nodemon Nodejs on macOS? nodemon keeping show : command not found

Currently I already install nodemon with command npm install -g nodemon. And I got Permissions issue, so I do command with sudo npm install -g nodemon and i did it. But when I make "nodeman" ...

Slamet Riyadi

223

asked Jun 20, 2019 at 13:54

16 votes

4 answers

12k views

Specify 'PATH' environment does not work when running Gradle 'exec'

I tried to call npm in my Gradle build. The npm is installed via homebrew into /usr/local/bin. The gradle will fail to find npm when executing it. However it always failed after I added PATH ...

Kane

8,132

asked Jul 14, 2015 at 10:05

16 votes

6 answers

28k views

NPM won't install any package on Mac. New, clean build. `EACCES` & other errors

I've just rebuild my Mavericks (Mac OS X Version 9.4) machine from scratch. I am the administrator and only user of this machine. I installed Git via their git-2.0.1-intel-universal-snow-leopard.pkg ...

2540625

11.4k

asked Aug 12, 2014 at 7:19

15 votes

2 answers

24k views

NPM Global Install Location on OSX

On OSX should NPM install global packages to: /usr/local/lib/node_modules or /usr/local/share/npm

Undistraction

43.6k

asked Jan 17, 2014 at 18:29

15 votes

3 answers

15k views

BrowserSync : Command not found after installing browser-sync

There was another issue open with the same title which has been closed but my error could not be resolved using the solutions given in that issue. Mac OSX El Capitan Node [v5.6.0] Npm [v3.6.0] I ...

Faheem Hassan Zunjani

593

asked Feb 19, 2016 at 7:57

15 votes

6 answers

34k views

Getting error npm ERR! code EUNSUPPORTEDPROTOCOL while running npm install

While installing npm install am getting below error. Following are my node version. OS : MacOS Big Sur V11.6.2 Macs-MacBook-Pro-3:slides mac$ node -v v16.13.1 Macs-MacBook-Pro-3:slides mac$ npm -v 8.3....

Avinash Dalvi

9,040

asked Jan 1, 2022 at 2:31

14 votes

5 answers

26k views

Install node 12 on macOS

I want to install node 12 on my macOS. I tried brew. brew install node@12 prints this error, Error: node@12 has been disabled because it is not supported upstream! How do you install it anyway?

Ilias Karim

5,193

asked Nov 9, 2022 at 12:42

14 votes

4 answers

9k views

Internal Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../lib/node_modules/corepack/dist/pnpm.js' -> '/usr/local/bin/pnpm'

I'm trying to enable 'corepack' by running corepack enable according to the directions here: https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install but getting this error Internal Error: EACCES: permission ...

Matt

34.7k

asked Jul 28, 2022 at 16:39

13 votes

9 answers

18k views

npm start on new create-react-app build returns ELIFECYCLE error

Made a new react app using create-react-app and now getting the following error in the terminal when running npm start: > react-scripts start Attempting to bind to HOST environment variable: ...

Christopher Bennett

131

asked Dec 24, 2018 at 10:16

13 votes

4 answers

17k views

Node.js Heroku Deployment on Mac - sh: 1: nodemon: not found / npm ERR! `nodemon fileName.js` / npm ERR! Failed at the...start script

Deploying on Heroku with Node.js using Mac My issue: State changed from starting to crashed && sh: 1: nodemon: not found && Failed at...start script && status 1...code=H10 ...

Q.McKinley

551

asked May 8, 2019 at 19:43

13 votes

7 answers

28k views

Global installation with npm doesn't work after Mac OS X Mavericks update

After upgrading to OS X 10.9 Mavericks, node wasn't found anymore in bash. I think I installed it with brew a while ago. I decided to use the installer from node.js website. It went fine and both ...

Misha Reyzlin

13.9k

asked Mar 21, 2014 at 14:50

13 votes

2 answers

4k views

No port serf found in the index; can't rebuild

I'm trying to install npm port package but when I run the command "sudo port install npm" the bash shows error message below, and repeat the same error infinitely. Warning: No port serf found in the ...

GodFather

3,116

asked Jul 28, 2012 at 1:31

13 votes

4 answers

25k views

webpack: command not found after npm install webpack -g

Weird behaviour on my OSX Yosemite: from one day to another all my node modules installed by npm install -g were not found via the Terminal. I'm not sure if this is due to my node v4.0.0 install the ...

imaginair

547

asked Sep 13, 2015 at 13:22

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