truffle init problem

After installing truffle, and trying to launch it with truffle init, I get the following errors:

m@888@m:~/dmc/truffleTest$ npm rebuild node-sass

> node-sass@3.4.1 install /home/m/dmc/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js


> node-sass@3.4.1 postinstall /home/m/dmc/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/build.js

` /home/m/dmc/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux-x64-46/binding.node ` exists. 
 testing binary.
Binary is fine; exiting.
node-sass@3.4.1 /home/m/dmc/node_modules/node-sass
m@888@m:~/dmc/truffleTest$ truffle init
Error: The `libsass` binding was not found in /home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux-x64-46/binding.node
This usually happens because your node version has changed.
Run `npm rebuild node-sass` to build the binding for your current node version.
  at Object.sass.getBinaryPath (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/node-sass/lib/extensions.js:158:11)
  at Object.<anonymous> (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/node-sass/lib/index.js:16:36)
  at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
  at Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
  at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/babel/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:214:7)
  at Module.load (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
  at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
  at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
  at require (module.js:385:17)
  at Object.<anonymous> (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/lib/processors/scss.es6:3:12)
  at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
  at normalLoader (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/babel/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:199:5)
  at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .es6] (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/babel/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:216:7)
  at Module.load (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/coffee-script/lib/coffee-script/register.js:45:36)
  at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
  at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
  at require (module.js:385:17)
  at Object.gather (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/lib/config.es6:227:38)
  at /home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/truffle.es6:150:23
  at /home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/deasync/index.js:35:6
  at runTask (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/truffle.es6:55:5)
  at Object.<anonymous> (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/truffle.es6:347:14)
  at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
  at normalLoader (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/babel/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:199:5)
  at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .es6] (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/babel/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:216:7)
  at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
  at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
  at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:467:10)
  at Object.<anonymous> (/home/m/npm-global/lib/node_modules/truffle/node_modules/babel/lib/_babel-node.js:144:25)
  at Module._compile (module.js:435:26)
  at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:442:10)
  at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
  at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
  at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:467:10)
  at startup (node.js:134:18)
  at node.js:961:3

Note that before launching truffle, I did npm rebuild node-sass , but still get the corresponding error. Please help

[tcoulter]

It looks to me like truffle wasn’t properly installed (i.e., an npm issue). Do an npm uninstall -g truffle and then an npm install -g truffle and see if that solves it.

[danielrussellLA]

I had a similar problem. I ran npm i -g truffle and then when I tried to run truffle init I got an error: zsh: command not found: truffle. What solved it for me is to create a local node_modules with truffle installed in it, and then run that copy.

1. run npm init and make a new npm project
2. run npm i truffle
3. run ./node_modules/.bin/truffle init and it should work

unfortunately, with this method, you’d have to call all commands by prepending ./node_modules/.bin/truffle to the command