Prerequisites should mention that for Linux, npm must be installed

[stock90975]

https://reflex.dev/docs/getting-started/installation/

Prerequisites should mention that for Linux, npm must be installed.

Otherwise, on
reflex run

there will be errors:

FileNotFoundError: NPM not found. You may need to run `reflex init`.

which does not really help.

[linear]

ENG-4509 Issue with reflex.dev documentation

[Alek99]

What is confusing about that error message, typing reflex init will solve it by installing npm

[stock90975]

As mentioned, npm seems to be a system prerequisite. If npm is not present, the error will occur.

reflex init will not solve anything because npm is a system level component that must be installed, eg using apt.

reflex init only makes changes in the venv.

It does not install npm, AFAIK, and does not install npm on, eg. Linux Mint. Hence, the error message is confusing at best, ineffectual at worst.

Anyway, the main issue is the docs, which should say npm is a prerequisite, not the error message per se.