npm install not installing things at /usr/bin

Question

I am trying to install SailsJS with:

$ sudo npm install -g sails

It works, install everything at /home/brunoluiz/npm/lib/node_modules/sails

Answer 1

In addition to mklement0's answer, the first solution (adding the npm binary directory path to the PATH variable) creates another problem when the commands are run with sudo prefix on Linux environment. To solve it, the npm binary directory path must also be added in secure_path in /etc/sudoers.tmp. Here is how: Why can't sudo find a command after I added it to PATH?