serverless: command not found in ubuntu 16.04

Question

I am trying to set up the AWS Serverless framework in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I installed Node.js and have also installed Serverless using the following command: npm install -g serverless in the terminal. But when I try to run serverless it returns an error saying serverless: command not found . Below is a screenshot for reference:

Answer 1

Try running,

npm config set prefix /usr/local

and then,

npm i -g serverless

Answer 2

If the above options are not working (due to insufficient access or sudo access), following one will definitely work as it's saving the serverless into your local.

npm install serverless --save-dev
node ./node_modules/serverless/bin/serverless deploy

Reference link - https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/services/

Answer 3

Was getting the same error serverless: command not found but instead of NPM was using YARN. To fix it had to execute (or better add to your ~/.bash_profile):

export PATH="$PATH:$(yarn global bin)"

then, if not already installed:

yarn global add serverless

Answer 4

my recomendation here is to allways install the serverless framework as a dev dependency ( npm install serverless --save-dev ) specially if you're working in a team where each member can have its own version of the framework. After that, you can call the framework using npm scripts. For example, you can create a new entry in the scripts section like this: "deploy": "serverless deploy" and call it using npm run deploy .

Answer 5

Try with the following order

npm config set prefix /usr/local

sudo npm i -g serverless

sudo /usr/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules/serverless/node_modules/tabtab/src/cli.js install --name serverless --auto

Answer 6

Another option, following this post , is to try npx serverless...