"/usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory" on terminal startup

Question

I just updated to 20.04 and every time I open a terminal /usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory shows at the very top. I have searched for answers but in the questions I found, npm did not work. It works for me though. I have no clue where to look or what to do.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '20 at 16:21

8

If you used NVM for your node and npm, this may help:

nodepath=$(which node); sudo ln -s $nodepath /usr/bin/node

NVM installs it somewhere out of the norm, so creating this link solved my issue. You can run the command which node in your terminal to see where NVM installed it if you're curious.

answered Nov 11 '20 at 16:21

Will Estes

96

When I get failed to create symbolic link '/usr/bin/node': File exists. Node is in /home/.nvm/versions/node/v15.0.1/bin/node. I don't know if that says anything. – Kikkomann Nov 12 '20 at 20:01
That's fine. Mine is: /home/william/.nvm/versions/node/v14.15.0/bin/node Did you try running that command? – Will Estes Nov 13 '20 at 21:35
Ok, I made it work, but I am not sure why. I removed my node version and installed the LTS instead and then I overwrote using the flag -f (thanks to Alexander Glulkhovtsev – Kikkomann Nov 15 '20 at 14:15
1

From nvm maintainer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/47734737/470749 – Ryan Nov 11 '23 at 19:17

"/usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory" on terminal startup

1 Answers1