Browserify + NodeJS [node: File or directory not found]

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Situation

I'm developing an extension for Google Chrome, and I need to use some NodeJs modules so I've found the Browserify tool so I can add modules to use it in the browser

Environment

I have the NodeJs, NPM and Browserify installed on my ubuntu machine, the module I want is in node_module/uniq

Main.js 

var unique = require('uniq');
var data = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6];
console.log(unique(data));

Command

I give the following command to write browser-based code 

browserify main.js -o bundle.js

It returns me this

Error

  

/ usr / bin / env: node: File or directory not found

    
asked by anonymous 28.04.2014 / 23:01

5 answers

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I had this same problem, I installed this here and solved (:

sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy

I could not solve by creating symbolic links, I do not know if my example applies to this situation, but maybe it helps.

link

    
02.06.2014 / 02:49
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By typing only the env command you can see all variables used by it. Search for PATH, do:

env | grep -e '^PATH'

It will show something like:

PATH=/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/android-studio/sdk/platform-tools:/usr/local/android-studio/sdk/tools

The node must be in one of these directories. I do so, I put the node in /usr/local/lib , then create a symbolic link in /usr/local/bin .

ln -s /usr/local/lib/node/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node

I hope I have helped.

    
02.05.2014 / 20:12
1

Solution

The error was in the cms.js file of the Browserify module. 

sudo gedit /usr/local/lib/node_modules/browserify/bin/cmd.js

In line 1 we find the following 

#!/usr/bin/env node

Note that nodejs is written without JS node , I changed it to nodejs . Changing 

#!/usr/bin/env nodejs

I ran the following command again 

browserify main.js -o bundle.js

And it transforms the dependencies of my main.js into codes that can be executed by the browser!

I found the solution thanks to the atilacamurca that put up the problem of path. Thanks!

    
02.05.2014 / 21:37
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I managed to solve this, just copying the nodejs with the node name, this I did in Ubuntu 14.04, the correct one was to use mv to rename the nodejs but I was afraid to shit something I just copied. >

Example: 

cd /usr/bin
sudo cp nodejs node

Ready just this, after that everything worked normally. So far everything is responding normal.

    
02.07.2014 / 05:28
0

Clarification

I have not yet found a solution to this problem, I tested it in several ways and in other OS. I must be doing something wrong in the process.

Workaround

I used this tool online, where I insert the module I want from nodejs and it returns the code in a way that the browser can interpret.

Tool link: link

    
29.04.2014 / 22:28
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