Install bower on Ubuntu 14.10
Summary of the command line to use $ sudo apt-get install npm nodejs $ sudo npm install bower -g $ ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node Explanation You need both nodejs and npm $ sudo apt-get install npm nodejs Then you can install bower $ sudo npm install bower -g Quick check $ bower --version You might get /usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory which you solve using $ ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node Quick check again $ bower --version 1.3.12 Yeah!