Configuring Terminal on Mac

Question

I installed Node.js via the precompiled package but I can't access it correctly via the Terminal.

> node

does not work instead I have to type:

> sudo /usr/local/bin/node

My $PATH reads:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/texbin

What do I need to configure?

I am running OSX 10.10 (14A299l) (XCode6 Beta 4 is installed)

Just make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH. You probably want to set this in your ~/bashrc file, e.g. just add "/usr/local/bin:$PATH" — MaxGfeller
– MaxGfeller, Commented Aug 19, 2014 at 14:11
as you can see in my Question /usr/local/bin is already in my $PATH — 0xfee1dead
– 0xfee1dead, Commented Aug 19, 2014 at 16:46

Mike Meding · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-19 14:34:56Z

If you compiled this package as root it is likely that the file structure all has root ownership. What do you see when you type,

 ls -l /usr/local/bin/

If the node.js folder says something like root:root before it then you need to change the permissions via

chmod -R user:user /usr/local/bin/node....

Yosemite apparently defaults to 'No access' for everyone for the folder /usr/local/bin.

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