node.js - bower command not found

Question

I tried to install twitter bower on my Mac, and I used

npm install bower -g

Then I tried bower --help, and the output was bower command not found. Why is that?

Answer 1

Just like in this question (npm global path prefix) all you need is to set proper npm prefix.

UNIX:

$ npm config set prefix /usr/local
$ npm install -g bower

$ which bower
>> /usr/local/bin/bower

Windows ans NVM:

$ npm config set prefix /c/Users/xxxxxxx/AppData/Roaming/nvm/v8.9.2
$ npm install -g bower

Then bower should be located just in your $PATH.