I installed node and made sure that /usr/local/bin is in my $PATH.
I checked for node install version and location
[~]$node -v v10.15.1 [~]$which node /usr/local/bin/node Why, when I cd into /usr/local/bin/, is there nothing there?
I'm on MacOS Mojave Version 10.14.2. I installed node version 10.15.1 using the installer downloaded from nodejs.org, and using the default options in the installer.
Here are the notes i took from the installer:
Welcome to the Node JS Installer -> This package will install: • Node.js v10.15.1 to /usr/local/bin/node • npm v6.4.1 to /usr/local/bin/npm Select the disk where you want to install nodejs -> MacintoshHD
(clicked install) ...
This package has installed: • Node.js v10.15.1 to /usr/local/bin/node • npm v6.4.1 to /usr/local/bin/npm Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH. Checked /usr/local/bin is in $PATH.
[~]$echo $PATH :~/usr:bin:~/bin:usr/local/bin:usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin: But the when I check where node is installed:
[~]$which node /usr/local/bin/node [~]$cd usr/local/bin/node -bash: cd: usr/local/bin/node: No such file or directory 2 Answers
I was looking in the wrong directory. Here is the explanation.
usr/local/bin/ is not the same as
/usr/local/bin/ The wrong one:
[~]$cd usr/local/bin [bin]$ls -a . .. .DS_Store [bin]$cd /usr/local/bin/node -bash: cd: /usr/local/bin/node: Not a directory The right one:
[bin]$cd /usr/local/bin Exists! Then
[bin]$ls -a And node is indeed there.
From the mac terminal, there is the difference between usr and /usr.
The command
root@user:# whereis npm should return the path to your node.js installation. It returns something like this:
/usr/bin/npm 
