"/usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory" even though it is in PATH

I'm trying to get nodejs working. However, it tells me that node is not in my bin even though I downloaded the binary and added the location to my path.

> echo $PATH ...:/home/jvdh/node-v8.11.2-linux-x64/bin

>sudo npm install -g bitcore
/usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory

3 Answers

Install nodejs8

curl -sL | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Install nodejs10

curl -sL | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Then try again with node

Usually this is a simple naming problem, when you install from a package manager your bin file may be called nodejs so you just need to symlink it using the command:

ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

For Ubuntu 20.04, you can install node.js and npm:

sudo apt install nodejs npm