How to run node app with sublime text

What is going on is that you don't have the right PATH setup for your terminal.

try this command in a regular terminal:

> which node

I peronaly get this:

/usr/local/bin/node

As you can see this path is not in you environement path to add it in a regular terminal you would edit .bashrc or .bash_profile and add this line

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

Here well you just have to look at the doc and find out that you need to modify the configuration file.

If you have a JavaScript file open, by selecting selecting Tools -> Build Systems -> Nodejs and then hitting Ctrl + B, you will activate the node build system on your file and node will try to run it. You may need to add a path variable to the settings object for this if your node executable is not found

Look at this.

To run nodejs on sublime text, install node package "node dev" then create a sublime text build, the code should look like this

{
  "cmd": ["node-dev", "$file"],
  "selector" : "source.js",
  "path" : "/usr/local/bin"
}

Now to run a nodejs app, go to menu->tools->build.

If you want to fix the plugin's path yourself. One option is changing Nodejs.sublime-build. It's located in the packages directory of sublime:

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/Nodejs/Nodejs.sublime-build 

Linux: ~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/Nodejs/Nodejs.sublime-build

Note: On latest OS X versions the Library folder is hidden. If that's the case, from the menu select Go > Go to Folder... and type ~/Library.

Change "cmd": ["node", "$file"] to "cmd": ["/usr/local/bin/node", "$file"]

{
  "cmd": ["/usr/local/bin/node", "$file"],
  "file_regex": "^[ ]*File \"(...*?)\", line ([0-9]*)",
  "selector": "source.js",
  "shell":true,
  "encoding": "cp1252",
  "windows":
    {
        "cmd": ["taskkill /F /IM node.exe & node", "$file"]
    },
  "linux":
    {
        "cmd": ["killall node; node", "$file"]
    }
}

Lastly, open your *.js file and press command + b. Everything should just work fine now.

Linux Users: This file is identical across all operating systems. Finding the path to Nodejs.sublime-build may require running a search. In most cases it's located in ~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/Nodejs/Nodejs.sublime-build

Cmd+Shift+P , search for "Nodejs::Default File Settings" ,it will open file "Node.js.sublime-settings". you'll see:

{
  // save before running commands
  "save_first": true,
  // if present, use this command instead of plain "node"
  // e.g. "/usr/bin/node" or "C:\bin\node.exe"
  "node_command": false,
  // Same for NPM command
  "npm_command": false,

  "expert_mode": false,

  "ouput_to_new_tab": false
}

modify

"node_command": false,

to

"node_command": "/usr/local/bin/node",

if the node path is not the same with above, find it and change to yours.