npm command is not found on my machine?

[Archimedes2203]

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I'm constantly met with this error:

sudo: npm: command not found

Which is super annoying. WHy does it not work? THis used to work a couple of days ago.

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[arienshibani]

If your npm file is not found in /usr/local/bin/npm, then simply install node.js again with the package on their website.
sudo apt-get install npm might also solve your issues.

[Archimedes2203]

Thank you! This worked 👍

[adeelahmadk]

The apt repository may not have the version you want to install. In this scenario it would be much simpler to symlink the npm and node binaries in /usr/local/bin:

sudo ln -s $(realpath `which npm`) /usr/local/bin/npm
sudo ln -s `which node` /usr/local/bin/node

[miladxandi]

The apt repository may not have the version you want to install. In this scenario it would be much simpler to symlink the npm and node binaries in /usr/local/bin:

sudo ln -s $(realpath `which npm`) /usr/local/bin/npm
sudo ln -s `which node` /usr/local/bin/node

Thanks, that worked for me also.