nodemon not working: -bash: nodemon: command not found

node.js bash express npm nodemon

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Solution 1

I tried the following, and none worked:

npm uninstall nodemon

sudo npm uninstall -g nodemon

What did work was:

sudo npm install -g --force nodemon

Solution 2

If you want to run it locally instead of globally, you can run it from your node_modules:

npx nodemon

Solution 3

From you own project.

npx nodemon [your-app.js]

With a local installation, nodemon will not be available in your system path. Instead, the local installation of nodemon can be run by calling it from within an npm script (such as npm start) or using npx nodemon.

Create a simple symbolik link

ln -s /Users/YourUsername/.npm-global/bin/nodemon /usr/local/bin

ln -s [from: where is you install 'nodemon'] [to: folder where are general module for node]

node : v12.1.0

npm : 6.9.0

Solution 4

I'm using macOS/Linux, the solution that works for me is

npx nodemon index.js

I have tried every possibility, like uninstalling and installing nodemon, installing nodemon globally. restart the terminal, but it won't work.

don't try such things to waste your time.

Solution 5

in Windows OS run:

npx nodemon server.js

or add in package.json config:

...
"scripts": {
    "dev": "npx nodemon server.js"
  },
...

then run:

npm run dev

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Brian O'Neill

UX designer and developer, San Francisco Bay Area

Updated on July 08, 2022

Comments

Brian O'Neill almost 2 years
I'm on a Mac running El Capitan. I have node v5.6.0 and npm v3.6.0. When I try to run nodemon, I get:
```
-bash: nodemon: command not found
```
I thought this may mean that I didn't have nodemon installed, so when I tried to install it using...
```
sudo npm install -g nodemon
```
...I get this:
```
npm ERR! Darwin 15.2.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "-g"     "nodemon"
npm ERR! node v5.6.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.6.0
npm ERR! path /usr/local/bin/nodemon
npm ERR! code EEXIST

npm ERR! Refusing to delete /usr/local/bin/nodemon: ../lib/node_modules/nodemon/nodemon.js symlink target is not controlled by         npm /usr/local
npm ERR! File exists: /usr/local/bin/nodemon
npm ERR! Move it away, and try again.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/brianeoneill/npm-debug.log
```
If it makes a difference, I'm trying to run nodemon on a project that uses Express v4.13.1

Thanks for any help you can offer!
- Sterling Archer about 8 years
  
  Have you uninstalled nodemon before trying to install it again globally? npm uninstall nodemon
- Brian O'Neill about 8 years
  
  I tried that and it didn't work. However, I just tried sudo npm install -g --force nodemon, and that seemed to do the trick. Thanks for your help!!!!!
- Sergey Andreev over 6 years
  
  May be my solution helps you ;) stackoverflow.com/questions/46505121/…
Jinesh about 8 years

watch the following video from official docs site docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/fixing-npm-permissions . Will give you better insight about the issue.
Russo over 5 years

or add this line if you use yarn: export PATH="$(yarn global bin):$PATH"
MJ Montes almost 5 years

--save is no longer needed after npm v5
jerseyetr almost 5 years

EDIT: sadly i have to use this command each and everytime i want to run my program instead of it installing nodemon locally.
Dostonbek Oripjonov over 4 years

recommendation to delete package : 1 - Remove line from package.json 2 - and type this command " node prone "
Didierh almost 3 years

This works on Mac OSx like charm! Thank you!
Mohammad Afzali over 2 years

Worked like a charm! Thanks. (I use ubuntu 20.04)
Janib Soomro over 2 years

Worked for me as well. Thanks.
Atif Mahmood almost 2 years

solved thanks for complete solution