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

Symptoms

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

Cause

This is a NodeJS extension bug with ID #EXTNODEJS-169 which will be fixed in future extension updates:

The path to the node binary in /opt/plesk/node/12/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js is set to:

CONFIG_TEXT: #!/usr/bin/env node

instead of:

CONFIG_TEXT: #!/opt/plesk/node/12/bin/node

Resolution

1. Connect to the server via SSH

2. 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,#!${2}/bin/node,g' -e '1s,^#!\s*/usr/bin/python($|\s),#!/usr/bin/python2\1,' -e '1s,^#!\s*/usr/bin/env\s+python($|\s),#!/usr/bin/env python2\1,'