grunt-cli doesn't work

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I have the latest stable node.js. It works, npm works, nvc works.

When I try to install grunt I install grunt-cli, I install grunt in a local folder and after typing grunt or grunt --version or grunt -h etc I get this:

$ grunt --version 
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory

I tried adding path but since I am new to Linux I might have done it wrong.

This is the report from installing grunt-cli:

/usr/local/bin/grunt -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt   
[email protected] /usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt-cli
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] ([email protected]) 
└── [email protected] ([email protected], [email protected])

feel free to talk to me like you would talk to a child... thanks!

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

type -a node nodejs bash: type: node: not found nodejs is /usr/bin/nodejs — Bellator, Aug 13 '15 at 00:22
you know what, I dont. thats why I asked you to asume i was 3y old. — Bellator, Aug 13 '15 at 01:19

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '15 at 01:41

Y'know what, my last comment was pretty snarky. Apologies.

You have node.js installed, except the binary is called nodejs and grunt is assuming it's node.

There's a built-in way to create aliases to programs: update-alternatives

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10

After that, grunt should be able to find node that points to nodejs

grunt-cli doesn't work

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