Fixing '/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory' Error on Ubuntu

Linux / Node.js

🐛 Fixing /usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory Error on Ubuntu

After installing Node.js and npm on Ubuntu, you might encounter the following error when running global npm packages (like stylus):


/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory

This happens because, on some Ubuntu versions, the Node.js binary is installed as nodejs instead of node.


🔧 The Fix

Create a symbolic link named node pointing to nodejs:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

This command tells the system to use nodejs whenever a program calls node.


✅ After that

Try running your command again, and it should work without the error.


Happy coding! 👋


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