not found: npm on zowe plugins install

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Discussed in #1613

^{Originally posted by dkelosky January 24, 2023}
Hi - a user is getting this error "not found: npm" when running zowe plugins install ...; however, as you can see below, npm version is 9.3.1. He's using zowe 7.9.7

C:\>zowe plugins install @broadcom/ops-for-zowe-cli
Handler Instantiation Failed:
Could not instantiate the handler C:\Users\gl891170\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@zowe\cli\node_modules\@zowe\imperative\lib\imperative\src\plugins\cmd\install\install.handler for command install
Error Details:
not found: npm

C:\>npm --version
9.3.1

what do

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In daemon mode on Windows, we use the spread operator to override process.env:
https://github.com/zowe/imperative/blob/cb175d40b4460bfc0c1fe319f13170b38b7969e2/packages/cmd/src/CommandProcessor.ts#L468

This breaks Node.js magic that aliases process.env.PATH to process.env.Path. We should replace the spread operator with a loop to assign properties.