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Unsure why nodemon isn't working, tried all solutions

I've installed nodemon globally many times but when I try and run it, it doesn't work. This is the error I'm getting:

nodemon : The term 'nodemon' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, 
or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.    
At line:1 char:1
+ nodemon server.js
+ ~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (nodemon:String) [], CommandN  
   otFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I don't understand why I can't use nodemon when I've installed it globally. I get this error in my VSCode terminal but in my cmd.exe, I get this error:

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

I've tried installing it globally from both the terminal and command prompt. I've also tried deleting node_modules and package-lock.json, and reinstalling them by doing npm install. I don't understand why this is happening and don't know what to do.

Solution

  • Use npx nodemon, your environment variables of your OS are probably broken and don't link to where npm global packages get installed.