Starting a docker container with a node.js app produces error; complains about PATH

docker, node.js

Solution

`nodejs` should be work.

I don't know why, but it installed named `nodejs` not `node` in my case.

Problem

I've been banging my head against the wall on this one for a while and need a little help. I have a docker container built from a Dockerfile. When I try to run that container (either interactively [-i] or detached [-d]), it produces the following error: 2014/06/04 21:17:40 exec: "node": executable file not found in $PATH This is how I'm trying to start the container (made generic for security reasons): sudo docker run -i -t -p port:port containername:containerversion node /path/to/node/app/nodeapp.js What is troublesome and confusing is that when I run the container without that command appended, I am able to cd into the directory /path/to/node/app and run: node nodeapp.js This works fine for me. Additionally, when I compare the contents of the "which node" command and the output of "echo $PATH", I see that everything is kosher. So, why in the heck does this refuse to acknowledge that I am its master and it should do what I say?

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