For some reason `node-sass` isn't working

Question

I'm trying to install the node-sass npm module on macOS 10.12. I installed npm fine with brew install node (although I needed to sudo chown some directories), and npm install -g node-sass works fine and installs it perfectly fine. However, when I run node-sass after that it doesn't work. It just says -bash: node-sass: command not found. The command which npm returns /usr/local/bin/npm if that helps.

Installing node-sass locally with just npm install node-sass without the global flag (-g), cd-ing into ./node-modules/node-sass/bin/ and then running ./node-sass works, but I'd like it to run globally because an Atom package I'd like to use (sass-autocompile) requires it to run globally.

Answer 1

I fixed this problem and I'm posting this answer for anyone else that may have the same problem.

First, check the path prefix of npm. You can check the path prefix with npm config get prefix.

My path prefix was actually /usr/local/Cellar/node/6.3.0/libexec/npm instead of /usr/local.

Change this to /usr/local/ with npm config set prefix /usr/local. Also use sudo chown $USER /usr/local/ && sudo chown $USER /usr/local/bin to change ownership of those directories if your current user doesn't already own them.

Now you can run npm install -g node-sass and after installation, it should work!

Answer 2

On Mac OSX, path to 'node-sass' command is required.

Did you install the package globally (npm install -g node-sass) or locally? If locally, the CLI tool can be called as ./node_modules/.bin/node-sass

When it's installed globally, you need to have /usr/local/bin in your $PATH environment variable. Or call it with a full path: /usr/local/bin/node-sass -o ...