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"command not found" after installation #113

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@qinhanlei
qinhanlei
opened on Sep 29, 2025

Hi,

I'm on macOS 14.7.5

~ % npm install -g @github/copilot

changed 5 packages in 2s
~ % copilot
zsh: command not found: copilot
~ %

According to claude code

bin % pwd
/usr/local/Cellar/node/24.6.0/bin
bin % which node
/usr/local/bin/node
bin % ll /usr/local/bin/claude
0 lrwxr-xr-x  1 qhl  staff    52B Aug 19 12:20 /usr/local/bin/claude -> ../lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js
bin % ll /usr/local/bin/copilot
ls: /usr/local/bin/copilot: No such file or directory

I think copilot did not create a soft link during npm installation.

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  1. qinhanlei
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  3. askpt commented on Sep 29, 2025

    @askpt
    askpt
    on Sep 29, 2025

    @qinhanlei I needed to run these commands after installing node using brew.

    npm config set prefix /opt/homebrew/
npm install -g @github/copilot

    Basically, I am saying that the npm packages should be installed in the /opt/homebrew, which is part of the terminal environment's PATH. You might need to select a different one.

  4. RyanHecht commented on Oct 5, 2025

    @RyanHecht
    RyanHecht
    on Oct 5, 2025
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    I'm going to close this issue under the assumption that this is an NPM config issue, and not a Copilot CLI issue. @qinhanlei, let us know if the above suggestion doesn't fix the issue for you!

  5. RyanHecht
    closed this as completedon Oct 5, 2025
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