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NPM and NPX require NODE in PATH #24110
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For what I understand, this have some issues. Correct me if im wrong please.
Supose that I have installed the binaries at
/anyDirectory/node/(Absolute Path)
Then, I have/anyDirectory/node/bin/node,/anyDirectory/node/bin/npmand/anyDirectory/node/bin/npx
So, I expect that executing/anyDirectory/node/bin/npmwill use/anyDirectory/node/bin/nodeeven if I havenodein the PATH, cause I'm forcing an exact version ofnpmAnd, if I have
node,npmandnpxin the PATH, and I execute it likenpmit will use whatever instance ofnodeis in the PATHThis is working on
winOSNo you're correct. Your expected behavior is the way it used to work, but as I referenced the npm team asked us to change the behavior two and half years ago.
cc @nodejs/npm
couldn't you
./bin/node ./bin/npmI don't think we're likely to override the request of the npm folks on this one so I think the place to take this up is https://npm.community/. I'm going to close this, but feel free to comment (or re-open if GitHub permits) if there's a reason it should stay open.
Any UNIX version of the Node Binaries like https://nodejs.org/dist/v11.1.0/node-v11.1.0-linux-x64.tar.xz require to have Node inside PATH.
How to reproduce
Ubuntu-18.04-amd64-server./bin/npm --versionor./bin/npx --versionWhat is expected
I expect that runing the above commands work without having Node in the path