unable to install vue on macos using npm

Question

there are a few steps:

Use node v10+ instead of v14+.
(IMPT) add the following path to ~/.zshrc (if you are using zsh)

/Users/[yourUsername]/.npm-packages/bin

/Users/[yourUsername]/.npm-global/bin

run source ~/.zshrc after modifying the file.

Much thanks to @kissu and @Lakindu Hewawasam !!

-------original question-------

I'm on MacOS 10.15.5, node version v14.15.4, npm version 6.14.10.

I've been getting the error zsh: command not found: vue, after trying multiple ways to download Vue.

I first tried npm install -g @vue/cli, and it was giving me this error, so I uninstalled and tried again with sudo npm install -g @vue/cli @vue/cli-init --unsafe-perm referring to this. Still, it doesn't work:

yingjieqiao@Yingjies-MacBook-Pro ~ % sudo npm install -g @vue/cli @vue/cli-init --unsafe-perm
npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/joi@15.1.1: Switch to 'npm install joi'
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/hoek@8.5.1: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/topo@3.1.6: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/address@2.1.4: Moved to 'npm install @sideway/address'
npm WARN deprecated @hapi/bourne@1.3.2: This version has been deprecated and is no longer supported or maintained
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@5.1.5: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated resolve-url@0.2.1: https://github.com/lydell/resolve-url#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated urix@0.1.0: Please see https://github.com/lydell/urix#deprecated
npm WARN deprecated chokidar@2.1.8: Chokidar 2 will break on node v14+. Upgrade to chokidar 3 with 15x less dependencies.
npm WARN deprecated fsevents@1.2.13: fsevents 1 will break on node v14+ and could be using insecure binaries. Upgrade to fsevents 2.
npm WARN deprecated vue-cli@2.9.6: This package has been deprecated in favour of @vue/cli
npm WARN deprecated coffee-script@1.12.7: CoffeeScript on NPM has moved to "coffeescript" (no hyphen)

> yarn@1.22.10 preinstall /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/yarn
> :; (node ./preinstall.js > /dev/null 2>&1 || true)

/Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/bin/vue -> /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js

> fsevents@1.2.13 install /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/fsevents
> node install.js

  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/.node
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/fse/fsevents.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/fse.node

> core-js@3.8.2 postinstall /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/core-js
> node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"

Thank you for using core-js ( https://github.com/zloirock/core-js ) for polyfilling JavaScript standard library!

The project needs your help! Please consider supporting of core-js on Open Collective or Patreon:
> https://opencollective.com/core-js
> https://www.patreon.com/zloirock

Also, the author of core-js ( https://github.com/zloirock ) is looking for a good job -)


> @apollo/protobufjs@1.0.5 postinstall /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/@apollo/protobufjs
> node scripts/postinstall


> nodemon@1.19.4 postinstall /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/nodemon
> node bin/postinstall || exit 0


> ejs@2.7.4 postinstall /Users/yingjieqiao/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/@vue/cli/node_modules/ejs
> node ./postinstall.js

Thank you for installing EJS: built with the Jake JavaScript build tool (https://jakejs.com/)

npm WARN @vue/compiler-sfc@3.0.5 requires a peer of vue@3.0.5 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

+ @vue/cli@4.5.9
+ @vue/cli-init@4.5.9
added 1367 packages from 714 contributors and updated 1 package in 43.692s
yingjieqiao@Yingjies-MacBook-Pro ~ % vue --version
zsh: command not found: vue
yingjieqiao@Yingjies-MacBook-Pro ~ % npm update -g @vue/cli

yingjieqiao@Yingjies-MacBook-Pro ~ % vue --version
zsh: command not found: vue
yingjieqiao@Yingjies-MacBook-Pro ~ %

In the warning message, it mentioned "xxx package will break on node v14+" a few times. But I think the download command in the official docs should work regardless?

user_14618789 · Answer

In my experience the node version 10.23.0 works best for myself. So I recommend using this because I have solved errors like this using the version 10.23.0.

Download here: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v10.x/

And then, once you have this version of node installed, run the command $ npm install vue

user_8816585 · Answer

Looking for the comments just below the other answer, you may try adding those

export PATH="$PATH:$(yarn global bin)"
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.npm-global/bin"

to your ~/.zshrc file since vue-cli is properly installed apparently.

Ofc, source ~/.zshrc before trying to call the CLI again.

user_8816585 · Answer

You should not install any package w/ a sudo prefix.
How is your node version installed btw, via nvm or manually ?
Maybe try to install it w/ yarn.

Best idea would probably be to rollback and try to debug the issues on the recommended way. Maybe digging into specific issues on the github repo.

Btw, the post you're referencing is an old one so things probably changed in between.

I'm on Linux running the following versions (@vue/cli 4.5.9 is fine too, just upgraded).

EDIT: Also, this post may maybe help somehow.

unable to install vue on macos using npm

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