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browserify doing nothing from command line

I'm totally new to node.js, so I'm guessing this is a dumb question..

I have an ubuntu machine, on which I have installed browserify with npm:

sudo npm install browserify -g

I can require this module if I open a node.js shell, but when I try to run it from the command line nothing happens:

ubuntu:~$ browserify
ubuntu:~$ browserify f -o f3
ubuntu:~$

whats going on here? The command is found but does nothing and prints nothing??

Thanks

Solution

  • The problem is probably with 'node' vs 'nodejs' environment. Type which browserify in your terminal and then edit the file with your preferred text editor: emacs /usr/local/bin/browserify.

    The very first line of the file might read something like #!/usr/bin/env node. Just change it to call nodejs instead of node so that it reads #!/usr/bin/env nodejs

    This has to be the the easiest way. And it works with many other tools that depend on node (like coffeescript relp/compiler, mocha testing tool and pretty much anything else that depends on node)