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Daniel ORTIZ
Daniel ORTIZ

Reputation: 2520

Add express to Path in NodeJS

Hi im working on NodeJS with express in Mac OS, After install: with brew: https://changelog.com/posts/install-node-js-with-homebrew-on-os-x

Shows me:

/Users/dortiz/.npm-packages/bin/express -> /Users/dortiz/.npm-packages/lib/node_modules/express-generator/bin/express-cli.js

And if I will execute:

daortiz:~ dortiz$ express -bash: express: command not found

But:

/Users/dortiz/.npm-packages/bin/express

Its working,

Im trying to export a path with

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/dortiz/.npm-packages/bin/

Its success, but if I close and reopen the terminal don't works command

But doesn't works, any one know what I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 635

Answers (2)

hardik khandelwal
hardik khandelwal

Reputation: 104

Using export sets environment variables for current shell only. Once shell is terminated environment variables for that shell no longer exist. In order to set environment variables for all shell that are initiated you should put them in ~/.bash_profile as pointed by mailo.

Upvotes: 1

mailo
mailo

Reputation: 31

You need to add the line to a file that will be sourced on login, for example: ~/.bash_profile

Upvotes: 1

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