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Posted by salcido
salcido
6,184 Points

Unable to start nodemon after installing: command not found: nodemon

I ran npm install -g nodemon as shown in the video but when I try to start it with nodemon I get this error:

command not found: nodemon

I also tried sudo npm install -g nodemon with no luck either.

2 Answers

salcido
salcido
6,184 Points

I'm simply using nodemon since I have 

"main": "app.js",

defined in my package.json file.

I tried with nodemon app.js but I still get the same error.

Hunter Phillips
Hunter Phillips
9,310 Points
Hunter Phillips
Hunter Phillips
9,310 Points

For nodemon to work, in my case, 'app.js' is inside of 'src' so I needed 

"main": "src/app.js",
Stephan Olsen
Stephan Olsen
6,650 Points
Stephan Olsen
Stephan Olsen
6,650 Points

Try to see if it is installed by using:

npm view nodemon version
salcido
salcido
6,184 Points

Hi Stephan,

Thanks for the reply. When I run the above command I get 1.12.0.

Stephan Olsen
Stephan Olsen
6,650 Points
Stephan Olsen
Stephan Olsen
6,650 Points

What is the exact command you're using? When you use nodemon, you need to specify the entry point. So it should be something like 

nodemon app