Run Node.js and NPM with Sudo (Fix "Command not Found" with NVM)
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While using NVM on Linux, it loads Node.js and NPM from .bashrc
in the home directory of your user. However, if you execute the command with sudo
like sudo npm start
it will result in sudo: npm: command not found
since .bashrc
of superuser
is not managed by NVM.

.bashrc
that loads NVMSolution
To resolve this problem, we'll find out the real location of Node.js and NPM so no .bashrc
is needed:
which node
which npm
Bash
/home/arch/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/bin/node
Output
/home/arch/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/bin/npm
Output
Then execute the binaries with sudo
:
sudo /home/arch/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/bin/node index
sudo /home/arch/.nvm/versions/node/v17.0.1/bin/npm start
Bash