NPM: npm-cli.js not found when running npm

ionic-framework, node.js, npm, windows, yeoman

Solution

It turns out the issue is due to the wrong path of node in system variable. The path is currently pointing to

(I really don't know when I modified it)

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin

so I change to

C:\Program Files\nodejs

and it works like a charm.

Problem

Usually I can install a library using npm but today when installing yeoman I encountered this errors. Please help to figure out what's root cause. ``` D:\Works\phonegap\ionic\todo>npm install -g yo module.js:340 throw err; ^ Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15) at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10) at startup (node.js:119:16) at node.js:906:3 ``` I looked into the folder: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\ but don't see node_modules folder as the error described. I also try to find npm-cli.js and see it's actually in `C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\`

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