Issue running npm command #1512

RichiCoder1 · 2016-12-16T14:12:07Z

When running "npm" from bash, I get the following error:

richard@RICH-HOME:/mnt/c/Users/Richard$ npm
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")

Your Windows build number
- Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview / Build 14965
Steps / All commands required to reproduce the error from a brand new installation
Strace of the failing command

richard@RICH-HOME:/mnt/c/Users/Richard$ strace npm                                                                                                                              
execve("/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm", ["npm"], [/* 15 vars */]) = 0                                                                                                         
brk(0)                                  = 0x7fffd3e7a000                                                                                                                        
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7ff28e0b0000                                                                                       
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3                                                                                                                                
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18732, ...}) = 0                                                                                                                        
mmap(NULL, 18732, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7ff28e0b2000                                                                                                                
close(3)                                = 0                                                                                                                                     
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
open("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3                                                                                                                 
read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0P \2\0\0\0\0\0"..., 832) = 832                                                                                           
fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1840928, ...}) = 0                                                                                                                      
mmap(NULL, 3949248, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x7ff28da30000                                                                                      
mprotect(0x7ff28dbea000, 2097152, PROT_NONE) = 0                                                                                                                                
mmap(0x7ff28ddea000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1ba000) = 0x7ff28ddea000                                                            
mmap(0x7ff28ddf0000, 17088, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7ff28ddf0000                                                                  
close(3)                                = 0                                                                                                                                     
mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7ff28e0a0000                                                                                       
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7ff28e090000                                                                                       
arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7ff28e090740) = 0                                                                                                                                     
mprotect(0x7ff28ddea000, 16384, PROT_READ) = 0                                                                                                                                  
mprotect(0x7ff28e41b000, 8192, PROT_READ) = 0                                                                                                                                   
mprotect(0x7ff28e022000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0                                                                                                                                   
munmap(0x7ff28e0b2000, 18732)           = 0                                                                                                                                     
getpid()                                = 86                                                                                                                                    
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x7ff28e212460, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7ff28da66cb0}, NULL, 8) = 0                                                                                
geteuid()                               = 1000                                                                                                                                  
brk(0)                                  = 0x7fffd3e7a000                                                                                                                        
brk(0x7fffd3e9b000)                     = 0x7fffd3e9b000                                                                                                                        
getppid()                               = 83                                                                                                                                    
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0                                                                                                        
stat(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0777, st_size=0, ...}) = 0                                                                                                                           
open("/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm", O_RDONLY) = 3                                                                                                                           
fcntl(3, F_DUPFD, 10)                   = 10                                                                                                                                    
close(3)                                = 0                                                                                                                                     
fcntl(10, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)          = 0                                                                                                                                     
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f5c3c426cb0}, 8) = 0                                                                                                   
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x7ff28e212460, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7ff28da66cb0}, NULL, 8) = 0                                                                                 
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f5c3c426cb0}, 8) = 0                                                                                                  
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7ff28da66cb0}, NULL, 8) = 0                                                                                       
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x7f5c3c426cb0}, 8) = 0                                                                                                  
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {SIG_DFL, ~[RTMIN RT_1], SA_RESTORER, 0x7ff28da66cb0}, NULL, 8) = 0                                                                                       
read(10, "#!/bin/sh\r\n(set -o igncr) 2>/dev"..., 8192) = 867                                                                                                                   
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7ff28e090a10) = 87                                                                   
wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 2}], 0, NULL) = 87                                                                                                                
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=87, si_status=2, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---                                                                          
rt_sigreturn()                          = 87                                                                                                                                    
stat("/usr/local/sbin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                              
stat("/usr/local/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                               
stat("/usr/sbin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/usr/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)     = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/sbin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)        = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/usr/games/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/usr/local/games/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                             
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/ConEmu/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                  
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/ConEmu/ConEmu/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                           
stat("/mnt/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Razer Chroma SDK/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                              
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Razer Chroma SDK/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                    
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/wbem/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                            
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                   
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Skype/Phone/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                       
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/130/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Emulator Manager/1.0/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                    
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Windows Performance Toolkit/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                       
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft/Web Platform Installer/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                        
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft DNX/Dnvm/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/130/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/130/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/130/DTS/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                       
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/TortoiseGit/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                         
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Seq/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                  
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                  
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/wbem/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Yarn/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                          
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/.dnx/runtimes/dnx-clr-win-x86.1.0.0-rc1-update2/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                             
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/.meteor/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                   
stat("/mnt/c/tools/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Roaming/npm/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApp/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                      
write(2, "/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:"..., 69/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: ) = 69                                                   
: not found)           = 122                                                                                                                                                    
write(2, "\n", 1                                                                                                                                                                
)                       = 1                                                                                                                                                     
pipe([3, 4])                            = 0                                                                                                                                     
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0x7ff28e090a10) = 88                                                                   
close(4)                                = 0                                                                                                                                     
read(3, "/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs\n", 128) = 28                                                                                                                              
--- SIGCHLD {si_signo=SIGCHLD, si_code=CLD_EXITED, si_pid=88, si_status=0, si_utime=0, si_stime=0} ---                                                                          
rt_sigreturn()                          = 28                                                                                                                                    
read(3, "", 128)                        = 0                                                                                                                                     
close(3)                                = 0                                                                                                                                     
wait4(-1, [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 88                                                                                                                
stat("/usr/local/sbin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                              
stat("/usr/local/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                               
stat("/usr/sbin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/usr/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)     = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/sbin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)        = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/usr/games/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690)   = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/usr/local/games/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                             
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/ConEmu/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                  
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/ConEmu/ConEmu/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                           
stat("/mnt/c/ProgramData/Oracle/Java/javapath/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Razer Chroma SDK/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                              
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Razer Chroma SDK/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                    
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/wbem/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                            
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                   
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Skype/Phone/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                       
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/130/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Emulator Manager/1.0/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                    
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/10/Windows Performance Toolkit/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                       
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft/Web Platform Installer/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                        
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft DNX/Dnvm/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/130/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/130/Tools/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/130/DTS/Binn/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                       
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/TortoiseGit/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                         
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Seq/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                  
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                  
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                      
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/wbem/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                               
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Yarn/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                          
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/.dnx/runtimes/dnx-clr-win-x86.1.0.0-rc1-update2/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft VS Code/bin/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                             
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/.meteor/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                   
stat("/mnt/c/tools/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                                                 
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Roaming/npm/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                                     
stat("/mnt/c/Users/Richard/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApp/\r", 0x7fffdbcd7690) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)                                                      
write(2, "/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:"..., 69/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: ) = 69                                                   
: not found)           = 122                                                                                                                                                    
write(2, "\n", 1                                                                                                                                                                
)                       = 1                                                                                                                                                     
write(2, "/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:"..., 69/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: ) = 69                                                   
write(2, "Syntax error: word unexpected (e"..., 46Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")) = 46                                                                          
write(2, "\n", 1                                                                                                                                                                
)                       = 1                                                                                                                                                     
exit_group(2)                           = ?                                                                                                                                     
+++ exited with 2 +++

Required packages and commands to install
- NodeJS (windows)
- npm

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benhillis · 2016-12-16T16:20:51Z

Interesting, I wonder why all of the paths that are being stat'ed have a '\r' character at the end... I suspect this is coming from some config file that needs to be converted to Unix line endings (probably /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm). How did you generate this file?

Could you try running dos2unix /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm and rerunning the command?

RichiCoder1 · 2016-12-16T16:40:03Z

Standard NPM install as far as I'm aware.

Got this fun error back:

richard@RICH-HOME:/mnt/c/Users/Richard$ sudo dos2unix /mnt/c/Program\ Files/nodejs/npm
[sudo] password for richard:
dos2unix: Failed to open temporary output file: Permission denied
dos2unix: converting file /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm to Unix format ...
dos2unix: problems converting file /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm

benhillis · 2016-12-16T16:41:51Z

Maybe run bash.exe elevated? The Program Files directory might be locked down to non admin users.

RichiCoder1 · 2016-12-16T16:43:41Z

Ah, that was it all right. Got this error now:

richard@RICH-HOME:/mnt/c/Users/Richard$ npm
module.js:472
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\mnt\c\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:470:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:418:25)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:420:7)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:139:9)
    at bootstrap_node.js:535:3

But I'm thinking that may be a quirk of windows<->linux?

krzysztofantczak · 2016-12-27T10:48:43Z

Why just not use NPM from ubuntu side? It works perfectly fine. Also, NVM works really well here.

RichiCoder1 · 2016-12-27T10:57:58Z

The honest answer was I was in bash shell by accident when I ran the initial command, just figured I should report it.

bubthegreat · 2017-01-30T16:08:54Z

Just hit this issue as well - haven't found a good fix yet either. If you end up finding one that works - please post here - I will as well.

kylemh · 2017-03-24T20:03:39Z

I did the node installer on Windows 10, restarted my computer, and tried running NPM with the same exact trace as @benhillis - I'm using Bash for Ubuntu via developer mode.

This feedback:

: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")

Occurs after any usage of $ npm - regardless of the flag or instruction used in conjunction.

chrisdhanaraj · 2017-04-02T15:17:02Z

Looks like some sort of conflict between Node on Windows and Node installed inside of the subsystem. I installed both (Node on Windows to get Hyper operational) and then node on the subsystem for everything else - I kind of assumed that because the node on the subsystem was the binary being used (if I did a where node) that I wouldn't run into these problems. No dice, get the same error as everyone else

aseering · 2017-04-02T18:54:40Z

@chrisdhanaraj -- could you confirm the same for npm? Specifically, if you do which npm at a bash prompt, what is printed out in response?

For what it's worth, I have npm installed in both Windows and WSL, and I don't experience this problem. For me:

$ which npm
/usr/bin/npm

mrtopf · 2017-04-02T18:58:25Z

So I now simply installed the most recent version of node like on ubuntu:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

(the newer node version also include npm already)

More details here: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

Now this is used inside hyper.js/bash. The windows installation is still there but basically ignored by bash.

petetnt · 2017-05-11T18:55:07Z

I was having this issue when running zsh with oh-my-zsh inside the WSL. but changing the PATH helped.

In my ~/.bashrc

I have this script to automatically go to zsh when launching bash:

if test -t 1; then
exec zsh
fi

I installed node for the Ubuntu side too with the command above:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

But I was still running into the same error because my which npm pointed to Program Files, while sudo which npm pointed usr/bin/npm. Exporting the correct path was the correct solution, the oh-my-zsh creates a handy configured ~/.zshrc file, which has this on top:

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

Which I changed to the default Ubuntu one export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games and sourced the file with source ~/.zshrc and everything started working just fine.

BurtHarris · 2017-05-20T18:13:11Z

Unfortunately, the very first thing I tried using wsl bash was npm install, producing the same disappointing result:

burt@SHUTTLE:~$ npm
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")
burt@SHUTTLE:~$ which npm
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm

The error message really sucks. I'm guessing this is probably caused by to the space in Program Files, so I'm guessing this is likely to impact lots of programs installed on from Windows, not just npm. For someone like me who's just dabbling in bash this is a bad experience.

I'm a Windows developer through and through, but IMHO allowing spaces in directory names was one of the bigger mistakes in the Windows NT. Allowing spaces was surpassed only by including spaces in the normal names of system folders. Have I gotten burned by that again?

Is it possible to "fix" this by patching up the UNIX version of the PATH environment variable using quotes or something?

phucanhapril · 2017-05-23T20:10:35Z

hi y'all, here's how i got my stuff working. i'm on ubuntu for windows 10 (on a windows VM--i don't think the VM part matters though). i was getting the same errors as @RichiCoder1

$ npm -v
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")

i have node installed for windows (off the nodejs site). i kept it around, and in addition i followed @mrtopf's install instructions

$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

then i made some changes to my PATH in my ~/.profile

PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"

and sourced it source ~/.profile

what i'm doing up there is telling bash where & in what order to look for my commands, separated by : so i'm saying first look in $HOME/bin then $HOME/.local/bin etc.

you should which npm and use the path where your ubuntu npm is. here's mine:

$ which npm
/usr/bin/npm

so i added /usr/bin to my PATH. /usr/bin needs to go BEFORE $PATH. i check that everything's OK now

$ whereis npm
npm: /usr/bin/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm.cmd

bash will use /usr/bin/npm before the npm in Program Files
now i can npm install with no problems :-)

felipemanga · 2017-06-03T02:23:42Z

Hello,

I just had this issue, and I didn't want to have a second npm install.
I fixed it by changing the line endings in the npm script and removing the ".exe" in the following line:
NODE_EXE="$basedir/node"

Next I created a "Program Files/nodejs/node" script:

#!/bin/bash

for var in "$@"
do
  if [ -e "$var" ]
  then
      var=$(echo "$var" | sed -e 's,^/mnt/\([a-z]\)/,\1:/,' | sed -e 's,/,\\,g')
  fi

  Args=("${Args[@]}" "$var")
done

node.exe "${Args[@]}"

That translates "node /mnt/c/Users/..../file.js" into "node.exe c:\users....\file.js"
To test, I ran:
npm install -g gulp (installed gulp globally, in AppData/Roaming/npm, as expected)
npm install gulp (installed gulp in project)
gulp (executed the global gulp shell script)

hellobrian · 2017-06-03T05:32:26Z

@phucanhapril your $PATH changes worked like a charm! 💯 Thank you! 👍

yduman · 2017-06-15T18:20:44Z

@phucanhapril you saved me a lot of time thanks! 👍

Georg-W · 2017-08-05T10:42:44Z

Just restarting the command promp after the node installation on the bash resolved this error for me.

ranneyd · 2017-08-16T06:42:51Z

@Georg-W now I feel stupid. Good call!

jepperaskdk · 2017-09-02T17:21:50Z

Running with sudo worked for me, when attempting to install less:

*removed*:/mnt/c/Users/Jeppe$ npm install -g less
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")
*removed*:/mnt/c/Users/Jeppe$ sudo !!
sudo npm install -g less
sudo: unable to resolve host DESKTOP-K3QCK34
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/less
... rest of installation, which succeeded.

murpyslaw · 2017-09-21T00:40:03Z

I've found out what causes:

: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")

If you open

vim -b `which npm`

you will see the probably somebody upstream messed up and forgot to turn on git config core.autoctrlf true, thus causing a BUNCH of ^M to be appended to each line.
The problem is that, even when these are removed, they are everywhere in the nodejs repo.

I'm not sure if there's any way besides using the Windows Installer to install node for now.

Edit
Actually there may be a way, now that I think about it:

cd
git clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/nodejs.git
cd nodejs
./configure --prefix /usr/bin
make
make install

I will test and see if this works

leojh · 2017-10-07T17:22:20Z

I uninstalled node from WIndows and then installing nvm worked fine inside of Bash for Windows

Shipwreck · 2017-12-04T00:30:23Z

@phucanhapril solution worked for me on WSL. I also have npm installed alongside on Windows.

Thanks for the help.

zaidrashid · 2017-12-04T15:08:05Z

@phucanhapril , correct me if I'm wrong but your solution is to install a newer NPM in the Bash environment correct?

Is there a way to maintain the node installed in Windows, while making it work on Bash too?

Shipwreck · 2017-12-04T17:12:22Z

Hi @zaidrashid I can confirm that npm is installed in Windows and WSL. I followed @phucanhapril process.

If I open a Windows terminal and call npm I get:
[email protected] C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm

Then I bash into WSL and call npm and get:
[email protected] /usr/lib/node_modules/npm

Am realizing now that I may have some issues with versions, but they do appear to be working independently.

mfominov · 2018-01-15T08:30:12Z

Hi, i used @felipemanga solution but made modification in npm srcipt:
case uname -a |grep Microsoft in
Microsoft) NODE_EXE="$basedir/node"
;;
*)
NODE_EXE="$basedir/node.exe"
if ! [ -x "$NODE_EXE" ]; then
NODE_EXE=node
fi
;;
esac
than i have to convert npm scrip to LF, and everything works:
mfominov@MFOMINOV:/mnt/c/Users/mfominov/source$ npm -v
5.5.1

whindes · 2018-01-24T22:34:16Z

Hello @mfominov, I also used @felipemanga 's script but could not get the npm script to work. Here is the full npm script:

(set -o igncr) 2>/dev/null && set -o igncr; # cygwin encoding fix

basedir=`dirname "$0"`

case `uname` in
    *CYGWIN*) basedir=`cygpath -w "$basedir"`;;
esac

NODE_EXE="$basedir/node.exe"
if ! [ -x "$NODE_EXE" ]; then
  NODE_EXE=node
fi

NPM_CLI_JS="$basedir/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"

case `uname -a` in
  *MINGW*)
    NPM_PREFIX=`"$NODE_EXE" "$NPM_CLI_JS" prefix -g`
    NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
    if [ -f "$NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS" ]; then
      NPM_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS"
    fi
    ;;
  *CYGWIN*)
    NPM_PREFIX=`"$NODE_EXE" "$NPM_CLI_JS" prefix -g`
    NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
    if [ -f "$NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS" ]; then
      NPM_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS"
    fi
    ;;
  *Microsoft*)
    NPM_PREFIX=`"$NODE_EXE" "$NPM_CLI_JS" prefix -g`
    NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js"
    if [ -f "$NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS" ]; then
      NPM_CLI_JS="$NPM_PREFIX_NPM_CLI_JS"
    fi
    ;;
esac

"$NODE_EXE" "$NPM_CLI_JS" "$@"

node -v works great, however, this is the output that I am getting for npm -v
net.js:200
this._handle.open(options.fd);
^

Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, uv_pipe_open
at new Socket (net.js:200:18)
at createWritableStdioStream (internal/process/stdio.js:164:16)
at process.getStdout [as stdout] (internal/process/stdio.js:14:14)
at console.js:246:38
at NativeModule.compile (bootstrap_node.js:596:7)
at Function.NativeModule.require (bootstrap_node.js:541:18)
at setupGlobalConsole (bootstrap_node.js:310:41)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:70:7)
at bootstrap_node.js:608:3

EduMOliveira · 2019-12-04T22:05:35Z

I fixed it by doing

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt get install npm
**CLOSE AND REOPEN TERMINAL**

pmarcanol · 2020-01-14T12:28:32Z

I found out this was due to me trying to run an older version of Node/npm. I fixed it by updating my node version to the latest following this thread https://askubuntu.com/questions/426750/how-can-i-update-my-nodejs-to-the-latest-version

seven-mile · 2020-02-21T13:38:53Z

I think changing $PATH manually is kind of ugly, so I choose to close the interoperability of WSL with Windows. After doing this, $PATH has turned really simple, away from conflicts. <3
Document

UtkarshKr007 · 2020-03-18T20:47:36Z

I fixed it by doing

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt get install npm
**CLOSE AND REOPEN TERMINAL**

This did it for me. Thank you!

raphyphy · 2020-04-03T15:36:58Z

I fixed it by doing

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt get install npm
**CLOSE AND REOPEN TERMINAL**

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 subsystem for windows 10 and this fixed it for me. Thank you very much!

xtianus79 · 2020-04-12T20:45:50Z

@Georg-W can I buy you a beer man? lol all this freaking out all this searching. I think it could of been a combination of you and @abhijithvijayan

abhijithvijayan · 2020-04-12T20:47:55Z

Glad it helped.

supermavster · 2020-04-19T22:20:57Z

Hello is easy, if you Using Ubuntu on WSL (zsh/hyper)

First: Remove and Install Again Node

sudo apt-get --purge remove node
sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_13.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt install node
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

Second: Open and editthe .zshrc from the oh-my-zsh. vim ~/.zshrc

Find the line

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

And replace with:

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

The last step is to reset your config: source ~/.zshrc

Test if this post works for you.

npm -v
node -v

Compiler-Error · 2020-05-02T22:40:21Z

Ran into this wsl npm headache today. If other solutions did not work for you, this is what I did.
For this example, it is important to understand what the goal is for this case so you can use this example to show the error exists, do the fixes, and see if it fixed it for you as well.

$ cat broken.js
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer-core');

$ node broken.js
# Some errors related to "Cannot find module puppeteer-core"

$ npm i install  puppeteer-core
# Some errors, maybe something related to package.json 
# After a few hours, I begin to doubt my career choice.

1- optional.. UNINSTALL ubuntu wsl but don't forget to Run history first and back up your files.
2- Go to the microsoft store and search for Linux. Choose the Microsoft provided Debian wsl.
3- sudo apt update
4- sudo apt upgrade
5- sudo apt install wget
6- wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.16.3/node-v12.16.3-linux-x64.tar.xz
7- Read this install guide
https://github.com/nodejs/help/wiki/Installation#how-to-install-nodejs-via-binary-archive-on-linux
8 - sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/nodejs
9- sudo tar -xJvf node-v12.16.3-linux-x64.tar.xz -C /usr/local/lib/nodejs
might also need this for tar..sudo apt-get install xz-utils
10- Put this on the last line of your ~/.profile file

$ export PATH=/usr/local/lib/nodejs/node-v12.16.3-linux-x64/bin:$PATH

Run this to update your terminal

$ . ~/.profile

11- which node
12- which npm
13- sudo apt install dos2unix
14- dos2unix broken.js
15- npm i puppeteer-core
16- node broken.js

Twitter is the best way to reach me. I think those are all the steps, but ping me @mabrafoo if needed.

john-lamontagne · 2020-05-06T20:54:15Z

hi y'all, here's how i got my stuff working. i'm on ubuntu for windows 10 (on a windows VM--i don't think the VM part matters though). i was getting the same errors as @RichiCoder1
$ npm -v
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")
i have node installed for windows (off the nodejs site). i kept it around, and in addition i followed @mrtopf's install instructions
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
then i made some changes to my PATH in my ~/.profile
PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
and sourced it source ~/.profile

what i'm doing up there is telling bash where & in what order to look for my commands, separated by : so i'm saying first look in $HOME/bin then $HOME/.local/bin etc.

you should which npm and use the path where your ubuntu npm is. here's mine:
$ which npm
/usr/bin/npm
so i added /usr/bin to my PATH. /usr/bin needs to go BEFORE $PATH. i check that everything's OK now
$ whereis npm
npm: /usr/bin/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm.cmd
bash will use /usr/bin/npm before the npm in Program Files
now i can npm install with no problems :-)

Hello from the future, you are an absolute legend! this fixed an issue with npm on WSL which I had been trying to resolve for days.

I followed your instructions, and tried npm i for the 50th time, but this time, it worked!!

ghost · 2020-05-24T23:27:48Z

@zaidrashid

Is there a way to maintain the node installed in Windows, while making it work on Bash too?

Did anybody find a solution for this? I would like to just use my Node installation on Windows if that is possible. That would be the most elegant and efficient solution.

odolha · 2020-06-25T06:56:29Z

I just used /usr/bin/npm instead of npm when running it :P, e.g. /usr/bin/npm install. Seemed to work.

thuonglc · 2020-07-11T12:22:48Z

I ran into a variation of this problem where after following steps here, I still got the error:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")
whereis npm did not show /usr/bin. Running sudo apt-get install npm did the trick.

Oh my god, really appreciate, Just 1 line of code, solved my problem

al3xr3is · 2020-10-08T01:25:47Z

I had this problem, caused by not running with sudo. try to run with administrator privileges.

therealkenc · 2020-10-08T20:39:11Z

I had this problem, caused by not running with sudo. try to run with administrator privileges.

By running sudo you have eliminated your Windows install of node/npm from your Linux $PATH. It had nothing to do with with root privileges.

stefek99 · 2020-10-21T10:54:46Z

Installing nvm: https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating

Solves the npm problem for me.

(will see how many other problems I will encounter along the way)

Shiuwn · 2020-11-01T11:15:27Z

I met this problem in WSL and my directory is 'C:\Program Files\nodejs'. When I moved nodejs directory to C (C:\nodejs), npm works well.

ghost · 2020-12-06T14:05:16Z

using sudo before npm solves the problem!

dkcamargox · 2020-12-24T11:55:09Z

hi y'all, here's how i got my stuff working. i'm on ubuntu for windows 10 (on a windows VM--i don't think the VM part matters though). i was getting the same errors as @RichiCoder1
$ npm -v
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")
i have node installed for windows (off the nodejs site). i kept it around, and in addition i followed @mrtopf's install instructions
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
then i made some changes to my PATH in my ~/.profile
PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
and sourced it source ~/.profile

what i'm doing up there is telling bash where & in what order to look for my commands, separated by : so i'm saying first look in $HOME/bin then $HOME/.local/bin etc.

you should which npm and use the path where your ubuntu npm is. here's mine:
$ which npm
/usr/bin/npm
so i added /usr/bin to my PATH. /usr/bin needs to go BEFORE $PATH. i check that everything's OK now
$ whereis npm
npm: /usr/bin/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm.cmd
bash will use /usr/bin/npm before the npm in Program Files
now i can npm install with no problems :-)

YOU FUCKING GENIUS GENIUS

dharm1k987 · 2021-01-09T14:54:05Z

All of the replies above seem to be installing npm on WSL. If you don't want to install nodejs on WSL, and instead want to run the Windows counterpart, then these steps worked for me:

First of all note that since the Windows 10 Creators Update (build 1703, April 2017), we can natively run .exe files through WSL. You can try this by typing ipconfig.exe, or cmd.exe, and see both of them execute fine (given that you didn't remove the Windows path that is automatically prepended) . If you have nodejs installed on Windows, you can even run node.exe, and it should work fine.

The problem is that all of these are .exe files. npm is an exception, as are all global node modules. If you go to /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs, you will notice that npm is written as npm.cmd. You cannot run .cmd files from WSL as per my knowledge.

The way I go around this is by running:

cmd.exe /c npm.cmd in the current location. You should see output then.

You will notice that with your global node modules (inside /mnt/c/Users/<USERNAME>/AppData/Roaming/npm), you will not be able to call them from WSL either. Again, this is because they are .cmd instead of .exe.

We must create alias for these again if you want to use them through WSL. You can actually do this easily programmatically in your ~/.bashrc file:

Full solution:

cmd() {
  CMD=$1
  shift;
  ARGS=$@
  WIN_PWD=`wslpath -w "$(pwd)"`
  cmd.exe /c "pushd ${WIN_PWD} && ${CMD} ${ARGS}"
}

alias npm="cmd npm"

for file in `ls /mnt/c/Users/<USERNAME>/AppData/Roaming/npm/[a-z]*.cmd`; do
	cmdFile=$(basename -- "$file")
	filename="${cmdFile%.*}"
	alias "$filename"="cmd ${cmdFile}"
done

The reason we need the pushd command in cmd is because we need cmd to keep the same path as we had on WSL.

After restarting your terminal, you should be able to run npm --version and global commands like ng easily.

erangalakshan · 2021-03-23T16:20:49Z

hi y'all, here's how i got my stuff working. i'm on ubuntu for windows 10 (on a windows VM--i don't think the VM part matters though). i was getting the same errors as @RichiCoder1
$ npm -v
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 3: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
: not foundram Files/nodejs/npm: 5: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm:
/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: 6: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")
i have node installed for windows (off the nodejs site). i kept it around, and in addition i followed @mrtopf's install instructions
$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
then i made some changes to my PATH in my ~/.profile
PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH"
and sourced it source ~/.profile

what i'm doing up there is telling bash where & in what order to look for my commands, separated by : so i'm saying first look in $HOME/bin then $HOME/.local/bin etc.

you should which npm and use the path where your ubuntu npm is. here's mine:
$ which npm
/usr/bin/npm
so i added /usr/bin to my PATH. /usr/bin needs to go BEFORE $PATH. i check that everything's OK now
$ whereis npm
npm: /usr/bin/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm.cmd
bash will use /usr/bin/npm before the npm in Program Files
now i can npm install with no problems :-)

this one worked for me

carinlynchin · 2021-04-23T12:43:49Z

I know this is an older thread but I tried both run as admin AND super user... and both worked... then I thought I wanted to double check so I removed SU and it still worked... so that left "run as admin", so I closed ubuntu app and reopened it normally and it STILL worked. So without uninstalling and reinstalling, my guess is maybe you had to restart the app or maybe source would work?? i dunno, but now npm works just fine without sudo and without running as admin...

therealkenc · 2021-04-23T17:19:19Z

npm works just fine without sudo

People are clobbering the windows $PATH with sudo npm, because sudo sets up its own path. The reason using sudo appears to (scary quote) "work" is unrelated to being root. The cause of the OP error is that either (a) Linux npm is not in the path because it was never installed (surprisingly common) or, (b) Linux npm comes after Windows npm in the path, in which case the Windows version is found. The latter happens a lot if a local path to npm is appended (as opposed to prepended) to $PATH.

The reason it works for you is because npm does not require sudo and never has.

carinlynchin · 2021-04-25T21:56:53Z

npm works just fine without sudo

People are clobbering the windows $PATH with sudo npm, because sudo sets up its own path. The reason using sudo appears to (scary quote) "work" is unrelated to being root. The cause of the OP error is that either (a) Linux npm is not in the path because it was never installed (surprisingly common) or, (b) Linux npm comes after Windows npm in the path, in which case the Windows version is found. The latter happens a lot if a local path to npm is appended (as opposed to prepended) to $PATH.

The reason it works for you is because npm does not require sudo and never has.

It was just an experiment i tried. And i never said anything about adding too the path varriable..bc i didnt do that. I'm just saying that after installing.. Restart the Cli

LuDColl · 2021-05-02T06:19:02Z

Just add export PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin" to the end of ~/.bashrc, so that usr/bin takes precedence over windows' apps. Probably not a good option.
insignar in the stackoverflow

That was the only method that worked for me

therealkenc · 2021-05-03T20:17:23Z

Just add export PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin" ... so that usr/bin takes precedence over windows' apps

Adding /usr/bin to the end of the $PATH is the opposite of giving that path precedent. The shell (usually bash) will try that path last.

wlad999 · 2021-11-10T16:29:52Z

fixed
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt get install npm
CLOSE AND REOPEN TERMINAL

@EduMOliveira Thank you so much!

mcelligottnick · 2022-04-13T06:45:07Z

I installed node using brew install node@14.

From here node was available in the terminal, but running npm -v would result in the error from OP.

Running which npm returned /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/npm so I edited my ~/.profile and added PATH="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:$PATH"

Run source ~/.profile and now npm -v works.

aseering mentioned this issue Jan 30, 2017

Windows node_modules dir used on Linux (or WSL) produces unnecessarily confusing error npm/npm#15618

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aseering mentioned this issue Jun 18, 2017

Windows node_modules dir used on Linux (or WSL) produces unnecessarily confusing error npm/npm#17286

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davidmather mentioned this issue Dec 17, 2017

NPM cannot find package.json in non-root directory #2758

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therealkenc mentioned this issue May 22, 2020

npm and node don't work in wsl if launched in a single command #5251

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therealkenc mentioned this issue Oct 6, 2020

WSL prefers NodeJS executable in Program Files over /usr/bin #1896

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Issue running npm command #1512

Issue running npm command #1512

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