wrangler: command not found

[famzah]

I've installed Wrangler following the instructions in the Dashboard:
npm install -g @cloudflare/wrangler

The installation seems to have completed successfully:

$ npm install -g @cloudflare/wrangler
/home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/bin/wrangler -> /home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/@cloudflare/wrangler/run-wrangler.js

> @cloudflare/wrangler@1.12.1 postinstall /home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/@cloudflare/wrangler
> node ./install-wrangler.js

Downloading release https://workers.cloudflare.com/get-npm-wrangler-binary/1.12.1/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
wrangler has been installed!
+ @cloudflare/wrangler@1.12.1
added 34 packages in 5.088s

However, the binary is not added in my $PATH and I get the following when executing wrangler:
wrangler: command not found

I see the following executable files with the name "wrangler" in my home directory:

/home/famzah/.wrangler/bin/wrangler # ELF 64-bit LSB executable, statically linked
/home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/bin/wrangler -> /home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/@cloudflare/wrangler/run-wrangler.js # a tiny JavaScript

Both binaries seem to do the same -- they invoke the Wrangler CLI and show the following version info:
👷 ✨ wrangler 1.12.0

I've got the following questions:

• Which of the two executables should I use for the Wrangler CLI?
• None of them was added in any of the (local) $PATH directories. What's the expected behavior, so that the command wrangler works?

[famzah]

This seems related to #266.

[nataliescottdavidson]

@famzah the wrangler executable should be at /usr/local/bin/wrangler. Have you installed npm with a version manager such as nvm? Your npm install can effect where packages get installed

[famzah]

Thank you @nataliescottdavidson.

It's probably my custom installation of npm that's causing the issue. I've downloaded the "Linux Binaries (x64)" from the official Node.js website. Then symlink'ed the binary in my $PATH:

$ ls -la ~/bin/npm
/home/famzah/bin/npm -> /home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/bin/npm

It's logical that I also needed to add ~/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/bin to my $PATH.

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Alright, then only the other question is still open. I see the following executable files with the name "wrangler" in my home directory:

/home/famzah/.wrangler/bin/wrangler # ELF 64-bit LSB executable, statically linked
/home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/bin/wrangler -> /home/famzah/.node-v9.4.0-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/@cloudflare/wrangler/run-wrangler.js # a tiny JavaScript

Both binaries seem to do the same -- they invoke the Wrangler CLI and show the following version info:
👷 ✨ wrangler 1.12.0

❓ Which of the two executables should I use for the Wrangler CLI? Why there are two executables doing the same thing?

[famzah]

Hi. Did you have a chance to look into this?

[dulcineapena1]

I had the same issue, by following this instructions it fix it.
Basically you need to install wrangler without sudo
https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides/blob/main/npm-global-without-sudo.md

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