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copied!<p>I'm new to node.js, and still in the process to setup its environment. </p> <p>I installed node.js v0.8.14 and npm v1.1.65. I tried to install several modules to the project I'm working on. They worked fine.</p> <p>Then, I installed some global modules, like node-dev and node-inspector. There is no error as far as I can see. I got result like:</p> <pre><code>/usr/local/share/npm/bin/node-dev -> /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/node-dev/bin/node-dev node-dev@2.0.2 /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/node-dev ├── growl@1.7.0 ├── dateformat@1.0.6-1.2.3 └── chokidar@0.6.2 </code></pre> <p>However, when I try to use it. It just said: </p> <pre><code>-bash: node-dev: command not found </code></pre> <p>I reinstalled it. Nothing changed. I added <code>/usr/local/share/npm/bin/</code> to .bashrc based on some answers on similar problems. It still doesn't work.</p> <p>Finally, I even tried to navigate to <code>/usr/local/share/npm/bin/</code> and call <code>node-dev</code> directly. Same error. Though, if I double click node-dev file in Finder. It will show some results:</p> <pre><code>localhost:~ Xiao$ /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/node-dev/bin/node-dev ; exit; Usage: node-dev [options] script [arguments] </code></pre> <p>I'm totally baffle. Does anyone have some idea about what's going on here?</p> <p>Btw, I'm using Mac OSX 10.8.4.</p> <p>EDIT: I found out that these globally installed scripts will work if I use full path. For example, <code>/usr/local/share/npm/bin/node-dev</code> works, but <code>node-dev</code> doesn't. Even I try to executed it under <code>/usr/local/share/npm/bin</code></p>

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