npm command 'serve ' not found, although it is installed

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I have installed serve with npm as "npm install serve -g" and also with yarn "yarn global add serve", but when I try to run "serve -s build" it says that "Command 'serve' not found.

it should work, can you try to uninstall and reinstall it using npm? — Vinay Pandya, Apr 05 '19 at 07:09
Still doesn't work. But I managed to install it locally (only to my project folder) with npx — Roland, Apr 05 '19 at 07:18
okay you can may be change global installation for node_module ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5926672/where-does-npm-install-packages may be this can help you out — Vinay Pandya, Apr 05 '19 at 07:19

score 30 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '19 at 07:23

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You should not install the packages globally.Try to do the following-

npm uninstall -g serve 
npm i -S serve

Let me know if this works.

answered Apr 05 '19 at 07:23

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this didn't work for me but npx serve did – Richard Strickland Aug 26 '21 at 21:57

Sumit Wadhwa · Answer 2 · 2021-02-17T11:57:14.980

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Make sure to have this in your .bashrc or .zshrc

if you're using Yarn:

export PATH="$PATH:$(yarn global bin)"

if you're using NPM:

export PATH="$(npm bin -g):$PATH"

So that the shell would know where to look for executables such as serve, npx, live-server etc that are installed globally.

Make sure to reload your shell config:

source ~/.bashrc // or ~/.zshrc

edited Feb 17 '21 at 11:57

answered Jul 26 '20 at 18:44

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This solution worked for me, even for other react components I had to do the same thing (Ubuntu) – Fernando Tholl Dec 02 '20 at 12:41

score 15 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 06 '21 at 17:03

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None of these above answers worked for me, so this is what works for me :

sudo su
npm install -g serve

Installing as root helps globally installing serve

answered Jan 06 '21 at 17:03

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score 15 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 27 '21 at 10:40

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I had same problem too and this helped me to fix it so try this after installing serve;

 npx serve -s build

or

npx serve -s build -p 8000

(8000 = it depends by your choice) I don't know why but this worked for me

answered Mar 27 '21 at 10:40

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This worked for me too – Masabo Simplice franck Dec 20 '21 at 20:40

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 05 '20 at 06:57

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I faced the same problem, what I did was run the command yarn serve -s build If you got it installed with npm then you can just add npm before the suggested command

answered Apr 05 '20 at 06:57

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score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Dec 28 '19 at 11:41

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If anyone still gets the problem, try this:

npm uninstall -g serve
npm i -S serve
yarn global add serve

answered Dec 28 '19 at 11:41

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npm command 'serve ' not found, although it is installed

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