Fiddle can't find NodeJS and npm

[tosho]

I run to this when I try to create a package/installer

Tasks > Package Fiddle...

📦 Packaging current Fiddle...
7:32:31 PMError: Could not find npm. Fiddle requires Node.js and npm to compile packages. Please visit https://nodejs.org to install Node.js and npm.

Tasks > Make Installers for Fiddle...

7:32:37 PM📦 Creating installers for current Fiddle...
7:32:37 PMError: Could not find npm. Fiddle requires Node.js and npm to compile packages. Please visit https://nodejs.org to install Node.js and npm.

running Ubuntu 18.04.1 , NodeJS v10.8.0 via nvm 0.33.11, npm 6.3.0

[felixrieseberg]

Thank you for reporting, this is interesting! I'm wondering how we could convince your machine to find npm.

Could you do me a favor and try the following?

1. Open fiddle
2. Open the developer tools (Help - Show developer tools)
3. In the console, enter the following: require('child_process').execSync('which npm').toString(). Let me know what the output is! It likely won't find npm, but we should cover that first.
4. Then, let's see what we can and cannot find: require('child_process').execSync('echo $PATH').toString()
5. Lastly, in a terminal, enter which npm and let me know where it lives.

Thanks!

[tosho]

require('child_process').execSync('which npm').toString()
child_process.js:656 Uncaught Error: Command failed: which npm
    at checkExecSyncError (child_process.js:613)
    at Object.execSync (child_process.js:653)
    at Object.execSync (ELECTRON_ASAR.js:728)
    at <anonymous>:1:26

require('child_process').execSync('echo $PATH').toString()
"/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
"

$ which npm
/home/tosho/.nvm/versions/node/v10.8.0/bin/npm

[felixrieseberg]

Thanks a ton! I think we can fix this.

[tommedema]

I'm still getting this on MacOS 10.15.6

which npm gives me /Users/tommedema/.nvm/versions/node/v12.14.1/bin/npm

[daslicht]

how do you fixed it please?

[ccniit]

My fixed steps

1. Open fiddle
2. Open the developer tools (Help - Toggle developer tools)
3. Excute following code in developer-tools console to find the current shell,
   require('child_process').execSync('echo $SHELL').toString()
4. Get npm path at you System terminal
   which npm
5. Config npm path enviroment for the shell at step 3; eg: zsh shell is .zshrc;
6. Restart the fiddle