express-generator doesn't work

[danilNil]

Hello,
I'd like to install express-generator by using this guide: http://expressjs.com/guide.html#executable

But I got error:

MM12-Danil:~ danil$ npm install -g express-generator
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express-generator
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/express-generator
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/1.3.2
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/0.3.5
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/1.3.2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/0.3.5
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/keypress
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/keypress
/usr/local/share/npm/bin/express -> /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator/bin/express
express-generator@4.2.0 /usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/express-generator
├── mkdirp@0.3.5
└── commander@1.3.2 (keypress@0.1.0)
MM12-Danil:~ danil$ express --help
-bash: express: command not found

So I decided to place bin to /usr/local/bin. Then I got another error:

MM12-Danil:node_js_demo danil$ express --help

module.js:340
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'commander'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/bin/express:3:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)

But it works when I installed it locally:

MM12-Danil:photo danil$ npm install express-generator express
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express-generator
.....
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.6.2
express-generator@4.2.0 node_modules/express-generator
├── mkdirp@0.3.5
└── commander@1.3.2 (keypress@0.1.0)

express@4.4.2 node_modules/express
....
MM12-Danil:photo danil$ node_modules/express-generator/bin/express --help

  Usage: express [options] [dir]

  Options:

    -h, --help          output usage information
    -V, --version       output the version number
    -e, --ejs           add ejs engine support (defaults to jade)
    -H, --hogan         add hogan.js engine support
    -c, --css <engine>  add stylesheet <engine> support (less|stylus|compass) (defaults to plain css)
    -f, --force         force on non-empty directory

May be I did something wrong?

[jonathanong]

try reinstalling it. seems like an npm issue

[danilNil]

@jonathanong thanks for quick response! I reinstall npm and now all work.

[jonathanong]

always try reinstalling :D npm has a lot of issues =/

[akshaygagal]

@jonathanong not work for me.