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Can't run npm or any Node Module on Cmder (Windows 7)

I simply can't run "npm" or, for instance, "gulp" in my cmder. But I can run it if I manually open the cmd

λ gulp
'gulp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

If I run npm manually from the Nodejs directory, it works. So I added an alias with alias npm=C:\Progra~1\nodejs\npm.cmd $* and now npm works, but I guess that's not the best solution, since I can't run Node modules.

What I've tried

  • I've tried to add "%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules" and "AppData\Roaming\npm" to both System and User environment variables

  • Restarting the computer

  • Running cmd as admin inside of Cmder

  • Add "%APPDATA%\npm\node_modules" and "AppData\Roaming\npm" to "Cmder's user-startup.cmd" path.

I can run Ruby's gem or Python inside of cmder just fine, but Node just won't work specifically inside of Cmder (but will work on window's native cmd.exe)

Solution

  • Fixed

    Download the lastest version of Cmder through the github repo https://github.com/cmderdev/ instead of downloading it from the website.