apm is not installed on Windows, no "Install Shell Commands" option

[bnb]

I'd like to start using apm to install Atom packages more easily, but I get an error saying the system doesn't recognize the apm command. I followed the instruction listed several places to go to Atom > Install Shell Commands, but there's nothing called Atom, and assuming, that "File" would be akin to OS X's "Atom" menu, it's not in the File menu. Any ideas on how I can get apm installed?

[50Wliu]

Atom > Install Shell Commands is only available on Mac.
How did you install Atom? If you used the new Squirrel installer (the one on atom.io), it should have installed apm automagically for you.

[bnb]

@50Wliu I installed via the Windows installer on atom.io. I've been having problems with Atom not installing how it should, and I don't know if this is another symptom of that. I previously had the Chocolaty version, and uninstalled and deleted all Atom files, but I'm still experiencing issues.

[kultom86]

Hi,

Would just like to add to this and say I'm also experiencing this issue.
Used the installer from Atom.io, version 1.0.0.

Windows 7. apm does not show up when doing echo %path% (dont know if it should).

[ghost]

@kultom86 You can add it to the system path environment variables.

Win + R: then type %localappdata%, Atom > app-(atom version) > resources > app > apm > bin

Copy the entire path and open the system path environment settings window.

• Append to the end and confirm
• Restart console

This applies to every command line interface, in case you want to know where the executable is located use the where <executable-name> command.

where apm
where node
(...)

[DontPanic345]

I updated the readme and created a pull request, is there anything else I should do?

[damieng]

AtomSetup has done this now for a while although there were issues if you were using a locked down machine that didn't have registry tools access or had unicode characters in the existing path that are fixed in 1.7.0.

[prateekpannu]

If you don't have permissions to change "system path environment variables". You can still browse to where atom installation files are, and follow the path: Atom > app-(atom version) > resources > app > apm > bin; and then shift+right click, and select command prompt here

[Aibokalv]

i test the method ,but did n't work,but when i change the path to C:UsersLenovoAppDataLocalatomapp-1.10.2resourcescli
it works

[yanakey]

The more flexible way is to add path without version: C:UsersAdministratorAppDataLocalatombin