joyent/node — Issue #2697: npm does not work (/usr/bin/env: node: Permission denied)
Author: bastik
Created: 2012-02-04 14:41:43+00:00
State: open

Hi,

npm should not require node application in PATH. When installing into a local directory, node is in INSTALL_DIR/bin/node. This is fine, I don't need it in PATH. However, npm complains:
```
/bin/node/bin$ ./npm --version
/usr/bin/env: node: Permission denied
```