Parcel: Parcel CLI not working after install

[dakotaRuller]

After installing and trying to run on the command line I get this back:
"-bash: parcel: command not found"

I tried to fix this by doing the following:

npm uninstall -g parcel-bundler
npm cache clean
npm install -g parcel-bundler

I still got the same issue.

npm version 6.4.1

[TosinKristine]

Try this
alias parcel="npm config get prefix/bin/parcel"

[mischnic]

What OS are you using? Do other packages like prettier work for you?

$ npm install -g prettier
$ prettier

[dakotaRuller]

@TosinKristine I think this issue stems from the way I have my machine configured.
I have the latest version of Macs OS. I just installed prettier but got the same response from the Command Line: "-bash: prettier: command not found".

Im able to bypass this issue using npx just as an fyi

[mischnic]

Running echo $PATH in the Terminal prints a colon seperated list of folder, /usr/local/bin should be in there to pick up the npm global binaries.
If not, you somehow messed up the PATH (in .bash_profile, .bashrc or .profile).

I'm closing this issue as it's not related to Parcel, but feel free to ask if you need help here.

[hossein-b]

use this:
sudo npm install -g parcel-bundler

[PhilipJohnBasile]

The parcel doesn't like it if your parent directories have spaces in them. Use dashes or underscore and you should be good to go. I know this because it literally just happened to me.

[s3f4]

npm bin -g
this command returns your npm bin path,
which on my computer /usr/local/bin/lib/node_modules/bin
and use this
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/lib/node_modules/bin

[authenticoder]

npm bin -g
this command returns your npm bin path,
which on my computer /usr/local/bin/lib/node_modules/bin
and use this
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin/lib/node_modules/bin

It 100 percent worked for me. Thanks.