'eslint' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I'm trying to install eslint & run it in vs code. I ran this command:

npm i -g eslint 

and it seemed to work, but I keep getting a "'eslint' is not recognized as an internal or external command" error when I try & run eslint. What gives?

http://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/command-line-interface

http://eslint.org/docs/user-guide/getting-started

Answer 1

The eslint module must not be installed into global.

instead, you should install eslint-cli module into global.

So, first install eslint-cli gloablly:

npm -g i eslint-cli 

then in the project folder: install eslint locally

npm i eslint --save-dev 

Then in the project folder you can run someting like: (on Windows)

eslint .\ 

Answer 2

Well, if you are a Windows user and installing eslint-cli not working for you, try using:

node node_modules\eslint\bin\eslint.js --init 

Or, you can use npx which lets you run commands locally node_modules/.bin

npx eslint --init 

If you yarn you can just use:

yarn eslint --init 

Note:

1- This answer is updated to include yarn and npx. 2- This issue is releated to modules loclly insalled.