title: npm | node_modules on Users folder
body: <p>I'm little bit confused after try to solve how to install a module globally using npm.</p>
  
  <p>I installed Node using a .dmg package from official site.
  This is the final log.</p>
  
  <p>Node was installed at</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/local/bin/node
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>npm was installed at</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/local/bin/npm
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.</p>
  
  <p>From terminal I normally install modules using: for e.g.</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm install -g bower or npm install bower
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But, I never could use</p>
  
  <pre><code> bower
   -bash: bower: command not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So I looked for </p>
  
  <pre><code>npm prefix
  /Users/cleliodpaula
  npm prefix -g
  /Users/cleliodpaula/.node
  
  npm ls
  /Users/cleliodpaula
  ├─┬ appbuilder@2.1.1-61
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How I can Install properly the Node, NPM and their modules? </p>
  
  <p>edit:</p>
  
  <p>I already installed it. But the installed bower, are not in the</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/local/bin
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but, int the:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/Users/cleliodpaula/.node/bin/
  </code></pre>