After days of googling and getting no help neither on here nor from @Angular github which is pretty much useless, was finally able to resolve the issue and get my angular ng command not found issue resolved following these steps:
1. Instal nvm
Issue these 3 commands to install nvm. (Angular documented steps https://angular.io/guide/setup-local to setup your environment did not work for me).
So I installed nvm like so:
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.0/install.sh | bash
export NVM_DIR="/Users/your-user-name/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
After this, make sure you restart terminal and you should be able to issue nvm --version to see version of installed nvm.
2. Install node using nvm
nvm install stable
nvm install node
3. Finally, install angular
npm install -g @angular/cli
4. Restart terminal
Restart terminal and you should be able to use ng version to see version installed on your system
~~ ng version
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/ \ _ __ __ _ _ _| | __ _ _ __ / ___| | |_ _|
/ △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__| | | | | | |
/ ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | | | |___| |___ | |
/_/ \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_| \____|_____|___|
|___/
Angular CLI: 8.3.6
Node: 12.11.1
OS: darwin x64
Angular:
...
Package Version
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@angular-devkit/architect 0.803.6
@angular-devkit/core 8.3.6
@angular-devkit/schematics 8.3.6
@schematics/angular 8.3.6
@schematics/update 0.803.6
rxjs 6.4.0
I can now create and start my project
ng new my-test-project
ng serve my-test project
I think SO should start getting serious about people down-voting questions or marking them as duplicates before reading them and even trying to understand what was asked and what the problem is.
It seems to be lots of people read the title and decide the fate of question just based on that and any disagreement ends up in blocking question entirely.
So much bias and hate on a site that is supposed to help.
Better alternatives are very much needed.
UPDATE
If you are like me and switched to use zsh shel instead of bash shell (since Catalina MacOs now uses zsh), you might have noticed that ng version has stopped working for you.
In that case, modify your .zshrc file by opening it in vim:
vi ~/.zshrc
In there, find this line:
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
Underneath this line, add following line:
source /Users/Your-User-Name/.bash_profile
Save the file by hitting Esc key and typing :wq and hitting Enter
Restart your terminal
Reissue ng version and you should see it in your zsh shell:
