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Cannot find module 'shelljs' after installing shelljs with npm

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I have installed shelljs with npm with no problems:

npm install shelljs -g

But when I try to import shelljs into my project I get the error:

var shell = require('shelljs');

Error: Cannot find module 'shelljs'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at repl:1:2
    at REPLServer.self.eval (repl.js:110:21)
    at Interface.<anonymous> (repl.js:239:12)
    at Interface.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17)
    at Interface._onLine (readline.js:202:10)
    at Interface._line (readline.js:531:8)

I have trying installing shelljs both globally and locally. I am using OS X Mavericks 10.9.2. Npm lists shelljs as installed:

shelljs@0.2.6 /usr/local/lib/node_modules/shelljs

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Created 10 years ago
Reactions:4
Comments:6 (1 by maintainers)

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clintonmedberycommented, May 13, 2019

What I had to do:

Type in npm root -g
It’ll return something like /Users/clintonmedbery/.nvm/versions/node/v6.5.0/lib/node_modules
Take the path and export is as NODE_PATH: export NODE_PATH=/Users/clintonmedbery/.nvm/versions/node/v6.5.0/lib/node_modules
Run npm install -g shx instead of install shelljs (https://github.com/shelljs/shx/issues/24)

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clintonmedberycommented, May 13, 2019

Thanks for the insight. I updated my comment!

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