how can I find my node.js files in linux, /usr/bin/node is not working

Question

I want to find where is my node.js in ubuntu linux system, the command: which node gives me the path of /usr/bin/node, but when I go to that folder, there is no node folder and files.

can somebody help me?

I installed the node.js by this:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties python g++ make
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs

Answer 1

In order to find the installation path, write the below command in the terminal:

which node

If it doesn't succeed, try this one:

which nodejs

Same thing for finding npm installation path:

which npm

If you are on Windows, write where instead of which

Hope, it helps :)

Answer 2

running dpkg-query -L nodejs will list the full path to every file belonging to the nodejs package. If /usr/bin/node is not there (it should be a symlink to /usr/bin/nodejs), then something went wrong with the apt-get install.