Node is not defined ошибка

I just installed node.js.
I tried writing node -v that should check the version — and it’s not working. this is the output:

 > node -v ReferenceError: node is not defined 

at repl:1:2 at REPLServer.self.eval (repl.js:110:21) 

at Interface.<anonymous> (repl.js:239:12) 

at Interface.emit (events.js:95:17) 

at Interface._onLine (readline.js:202:10) 

at Interface._line (readline.js:531:8) 

at Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:760:14) 

at ReadStream.onkeypress (readline.js:99:10) 

at ReadStream.emit (events.js:98:17) 

at emitKey (readline.js:1095:12) >

I opened it using git — command: node

I tried running it using «Git», thought maybe that’s the issue and I get the exact same output.

I am using windows 8 if it’s relevant — followed this tutorial till now:

How do I make it work?

asked Nov 27, 2014 at 11:48

Even I faced the same when I install the NODE server and Try to execute «node-v» command from directly clicking on start up menu’s NODE ICON.
Instead of doing that all you need to do is GO TO command prompt then go to C:/program files/node path and type «node -v» command it will definitely going to display you the version of NODE.

Try opening up a new terminal (Run -> CMD) and then executing:

node /your_file_name.js

And to see which version you have installed, just execute:

node -v

answered Jul 19, 2016 at 10:48

Thanks for this help.

If you are using windows, like me, and want a desktop shortcut and you already have the nice node.js desktop icon, edit the shortcut properties like this:

1. right click and select properties
2. click change Icon, select the current icon and click OK (to lock it in)
3. in the target box, change it all to simply say cmd or c:windowsSystem32cmd.exe if you are pedantic.

now you have a command prompt, with the node.js icon, that opens in the folder you expect, that responds correctly to the node -v command.

answered Aug 4, 2017 at 0:33