nx: command not found error [Solved]

# nx: command not found error [Solved]

Use npx to solve the error "nx: command not found", e.g. npx nx or install the package globally by running npm install -g @nrwl/cli to be able to use the command without the npx prefix.

command not found nx

The fastest way to solve the error is to use the npx command.

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# 👇️ use `npx` prefix
npx nx

# 👇️ list installed plugins
npx nx list

issue npx nx command

Alternatively, you can install @nrwl/cli globally.

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npm install -g @nrwl/cli

npm install nrwl cli

If the global installation of Nx fails, you might have to run the command prefixed with sudo.

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# 👇️ If you get a permissions error
sudo npm install -g @nrwl/cli

For examples of commands, refer to the official npm page of the Nx CLI.

If the error is not resolved, try restarting your terminal.

# Update your PATH environment variable

If that doesn't help, run the following command:

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npm config get prefix

The command will show you the path where npm puts your globally installed packages. The global packages will be in the bin directory at the specified path.

Look at the PATH environment variable on your operating system and add the path that the npm config get prefix command outputs if it's not already there.

If you add the output from the command to your PATH environment variable, you have to restart any open command prompts before it takes effect.

If that didn't work, try to add the path to the bin folder (from npm config get prefix) to your PATH environment variable and restart your terminal.

For example, on macOS, you can update your path with the following command:

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# make sure `path` matches with `npm config get prefix`
export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH

And on Windows, the output of the npm config get prefix command will look something like: C:\Users\Your_User_Name\AppData\Roaming\npm.

Edit the environment variable on your machine and add the specified path (replacing the placeholder with your username).

If you are on Linux, you can add the output from the npm config get prefix command to your .bashrc file.

~/.bashrc

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# 👇️ make sure to update the path with the output
# from the command
export PATH="/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH"

If you add the output from the command to your PATH environment variable, you have to restart any open command prompts before it takes effect.

If that doesn't help try to reinstall Node.js on your machine and then install Nx globally by running npm install -g @nrwl/cli.

During the installation, you might get a prompt for whether you want to automatically update the PATH environment variable on your system, make sure to tick the option.

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npm install -g @nrwl/cli

If the global installation of Nx fails, you might have to run the command prefixed with sudo.

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# 👇️ If you get a permissions error
sudo npm install -g @nrwl/cli

Alternatively, you can see how you can fix the permissions error on this page in the official npm docs.

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nx: command not found error [Solved]

# nx: command not found error [Solved]

# Update your PATH environment variable

Borislav Hadzhiev