Yeoman | yo command not found

Question

Saw that there were some similar questions as this one but didn't find the answers satisfying enough or applicable to my problem so thought I'd thought I'd ask one more time.

i'm having trouble with the "$ yo" command and that my cmd keeps telling me that the command is not found.

i've installed yeoman through:

$npm install -g yo

without any problems. I've also checked my $PATH under

$ echo $PATH
/c/Users/Anton/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:.:/c/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre7/bin:/usr/cmd:/usr/bin:/c/Program Files (x86)/nodejs/:/c/Users/Anton/AppData/Roaming/npm

and confirmed that yo is installed together with other node modules. I'm able to call other commands such as:

$ bower

Usage:

bower <command> [<ar.....

and

$ yeoman
==========================================================================
We're constantly looking for ways to make yeoman better!
May we anonymously report .....

with out any problems. While yo results in failure

$ yo
sh.exe": yo: command not found

Does anyone have any suggestions of what's wrong? I've read that ther might be something wrong with the $PATH? Can I reset it in any way?

(OS: Windows 8.1 | Node v0.10.29)

You are using cygwin shell, not cmd. Type exit and try in cmd. — Vinz243, Jul 01 '14 at 13:08
Thanks, tried CMD now. Re-installed everything and tried 'yo' once again. This time with the result: "'yo' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." — user3789629, Jul 01 '14 at 14:19
When a program edits the PATH, the command prompt lust be restarted. Try it — Vinz243, Jul 01 '14 at 15:15
If the install was successful, then it's most likely a path issue. But you need to find where it's installed to verify that. Try running `npm ls -g yo` to see where it's installed. — dylants, Jul 01 '14 at 18:59

score 43 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '14 at 08:17

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Try adding this to your user path:

C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\npm

Then, restart the console.

answered Dec 01 '14 at 08:17

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How/where do you add that to a user path? – Niahc Sep 21 '17 at 15:01
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You should be able to just add `%APPDATA%\npm`. – w4g3n3r Jun 06 '18 at 01:11

Ivan Zhang · Answer 2 · 2015-02-16T10:55:04.577

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Add this to PATH:

C:\Users\<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm

and be sure 2 things:

myusername is correct.
restart console and test by :
```
echo $PATH 
```

i just fixed the same issue on my windows, $PATH should be updated on system PATH to avoid user PATH to override.

edited Feb 16 '15 at 10:55

answered Feb 16 '15 at 10:49

Ivan Zhang

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You could replace `C:\Users\` with `%USERPROFILE%`, or, even better, replace `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming` with `%APPDATA%`. Add directories to PATH by searching from the Windows 10 start menu: "Edit environment variables for your account" or "Edit the system environment variables". – BlueStaggo Apr 23 '21 at 15:09

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 21 '15 at 05:44

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In windows run this in command prompt:

IF EXIST C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\npm

edited Feb 21 '15 at 05:44

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answered Feb 21 '15 at 05:25

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Doesn't get saved, when I close the CMD and check echo %path% it is gone. – Maximc Apr 29 '15 at 21:47
Yes it will not be saved it will work in that "session" – sree Oct 08 '15 at 04:45

SimplifyJS · Answer 4 · 2018-02-26T05:21:28.283

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I also tried to add C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\npm, uninstalling, reinstalling yo globally,and restarted console but still prints out yo:command not found. I check the files manually and I found out that it doesn't not create Windows Command Script. I'm not sure if this related to that but maybe it may help to find solution for this issue. My OS: Windows 8.1

edited Feb 26 '18 at 05:21

answered Jan 08 '16 at 13:59

SimplifyJS

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Check the path C:\usr\local – Santosh Jan 21 '19 at 06:14

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 13 '16 at 06:48

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For me yo was installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local

After I added C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\local in Path, it worked

After you install yeoman, check the directory it is installed on and add that directory to path

answered Jul 13 '16 at 06:48

Sujan Devkota

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score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 15 '17 at 22:13

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For me I added this:C:\usr\local to the PATH, and it worked like a charm!

answered Mar 15 '17 at 22:13

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Feb 25 '19 at 13:56

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Run the following command :

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /k "C:\Program Files\nodejs\nodevars.bat"

This will start node command prompt. Please note that SPFx is currently supported at node version 8 ( https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.11.4 )

answered Feb 25 '19 at 13:56

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Oct 09 '14 at 16:18

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Please try this command:

$ sudo npm install -g yo

edited Oct 09 '14 at 16:18

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answered Oct 09 '14 at 15:37

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his trying to install it in windows not in linux. – CodeArtist Nov 30 '14 at 15:33
This is useful for people who come to this question who need 'yo' installed on a Mac. – Elijah Lofgren Aug 02 '16 at 22:41

Hosein Djadidi · Answer 9 · 2017-06-08T09:09:46.800

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I solve it by:

Update the patch which normally located at C:\Users<myusername>\AppData\Roaming\npm
Open CMD as administrator.

edited Jun 08 '17 at 09:09

answered May 05 '17 at 21:37

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 09 '17 at 19:30

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Try these (Worked for me in Mac)

1.  export PATH="$PATH":~/.node/bin

2.  npm config set prefix ~/npm

3.  echo "export NODE_PATH=$NODE_PATH:/home/$USERNAME/npm/lib/node_modules" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

answered Jul 09 '17 at 19:30

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 19:47

i was getting yo: command not found after successfully installing yeoman on my Windows machine. i was able to fix this by replacing "yo" with the following /c/Users/daclar.CLARKE-BOOK/AppData/Roaming/npm/yo

i got that Path from finding Yeman files on my machine and copying the file path

this allowed me to continue with my Yo commands form Git Bash so instead of doing...

 $ yo hubot --adapter="slack"

i did..

 $ /c/Users/daclar.CLARKE-BOOK/AppData/Roaming/npm/yo hubot --adapter="slack"

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 06:57

You have to add the path where yo is installed. You can check that by giving the following command.

npm config get prefix. you should get a location. Navigate to the location and see if yo is installed at the location.

for me, the location was C:\usr\local. So I added the same to environment variables and done.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 05:20

In Windows, just install the Yeoman Generator globally by,

One Line Install npm install -g yo

and then add the following path in you system variables,

C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\npm

You can refer more on https://github.com/keystonejs/generator-keystone

Zeb · Answer 14 · 2019-07-21T18:05:09.627

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We need to remove nodejs cache by performing the following steps:

Uninstall Nodejs
Please try to delete npm & npm-cache folders from C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming
Remove all environment variable related node if any
Re-install node js
then install yo by npm install -g yo
If still not recongnized in cmd , then set path variable: C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Roaming\npm

edited Jul 21 '19 at 18:05

answered Jul 21 '19 at 17:52

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