Unable to use NPM install for Node.js application in Plesk: usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory

Sergey Senko

Updated May 14, 2025 09:37

kb: bug kb: fixed Plesk for Linux ext: nodejs

Applicable to:

While attempting to deploy Node.js application in Domains > example.com > Node.js > NPM Install the following error occurred:

PLESK_ERROR: /usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory

Product issues:

#EXTNODEJS-169 is a part of #EXTNODEJS-166
Fixed in:
- Node.js 2.0.1 09 September 2021
#EXTNODEJS-189 "Under certain circumstances, installation of the application packages no longer fails with the “node: not found” error."
Fixed in:
- Node.js 2.1.0 06 April 2022
#EXTNODEJS-166 "The extension can now automatically update Node.js handlers even if files of previously installed Node.js handlers are locked."
Fixed in:
- Node.js 2.0.1 09 September 2021

Please consider updating your server:

If update is not possible for some reason you may try the following

workaround

Connect to the server via SSH
Change the path affected in /opt/plesk/node/12/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js and other files to the correct one. Below is an example for NodeJS 12:

# find /opt/plesk/node/12 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i -e '1s,#!/usr/bin/env node,#!/opt/plesk/node/12/bin/node,g' -e '1s,^#!\s*/usr/bin/python($|\s),#!/usr/bin/python2\1,' -e '1s,^#!\s*/usr/bin/env\s+python($|\s),#!/usr/bin/env python2\1,'

In case the the node_modules directory also is present in /var/www/vhosts/example.com/node_modules replace find /opt/plesk/node/12 with /var/www/vhosts/example.com/node_modules