Issues with Node (npm) & bower?

[Ncage1974]

I used chocolatey to install node. I then went to install some packaged with npm (using -g global option). Most packages are installed under c:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin and are available immediately. Examples of packages that are working correctly are grunt-cli, gulp, & yo. When i install bower it gets installed in C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\nodejs.commandline.0.10.33\tools. There was nothing put in c:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin. Of course it doesn't work because that directory isn't in my path. While i could easily add that to my path i'm thinking that might be a bad idea because as node gets updated there will most likely be a new directory created under _\lib_ with the new version. Is this a chocolatey issue or is this a node/npm issue?

[ferventcoder]

You are using an older npm. It is now bundled with Msi and newer versions
are not released separately. Suggest you install nodejs.install instead.

On Monday, December 8, 2014, Ncage1974 [email protected] wrote:

I used chocolatey to install node. I then went to install some packaged
with npm (using -g global option). Most packages are installed under
c:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin and are available immediately. Examples of
packages that are working correctly are grunt-cli, gulp, & yo. When i
install bower it gets installed in
C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\nodejs.commandline.0.10.33\tools. Of course
it doesn't work because that directory isn't in my path. While i could
easily add that to my path i'm thinking that might be a bad idea because as
node gets updated there will most likely be a new directory created under
_\lib_ with the new version. Is this a chocolatey issues or is this a
node/npm issue?

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[Ncage1974]

Thanks Rob that worked. Hopefully in the future there is some better way to figure out what the correct package to install is. I remember having some confusing when first installing git whether to install the "git" package or the "git.install" package. In git case i believe i was told they were the same thing so incorrectly i assumed the *.install packages where always the same thing.