Failure to install
✅Solved
Hey, so I followed the instructions to installing clawdbot on my device, a Windows 11 w/ WSL, and it somehow fails for some odd reasons.
Environment
OS: Windows + WSL (Ubuntu)
Node.js: v22.22.0
pnpm: v10.x
Shell: bash
Here is what I tried:
Ran:
pnpm setup
source ~/.bashrc
PNPM_HOME was correctly set to:
/home/chesc/.local/share/pnpm
Global install via pnpm
Ran:
pnpm add -g moltbot@latest
Result:
Package installs successfully
Warning shown:
WARN moltbot has no binaries
No moltbot command available
Attempting to run:
moltbot onboard --install-daemon
Result:
command not found
Checked installed files:
ls ~/.local/share/pnpm/global/*/node_modules/moltbot
Contents:
dist/
package.json
4. Manual execution of entry file
Ran:
node ~/.local/share/pnpm/global/*/node_modules/moltbot/dist/index.js onboard --install-daemon
Output:
hello, moltbot
CLI arguments are ignored; no onboarding or daemon logic executes.
Ran (as per docs):
curl -fsSL https://molt.bot/install.sh | bash
Installer output:
Detects Linux + Node correctly
Reports “Existing Moltbot installation detected”
Installs version 2026.1.24-3
Running:
moltbot --help
moltbot onboard --install-daemon
Output in all cases:
hello, moltbot
Environment
OS: Windows + WSL (Ubuntu)
Node.js: v22.22.0
pnpm: v10.x
Shell: bash
Here is what I tried:
Ran:
pnpm setup
source ~/.bashrc
PNPM_HOME was correctly set to:
/home/chesc/.local/share/pnpm
Global install via pnpm
Ran:
pnpm add -g moltbot@latest
Result:
Package installs successfully
Warning shown:
WARN moltbot has no binaries
No moltbot command available
Attempting to run:
moltbot onboard --install-daemon
Result:
command not found
Checked installed files:
ls ~/.local/share/pnpm/global/*/node_modules/moltbot
Contents:
dist/
package.json
4. Manual execution of entry file
Ran:
node ~/.local/share/pnpm/global/*/node_modules/moltbot/dist/index.js onboard --install-daemon
Output:
hello, moltbot
CLI arguments are ignored; no onboarding or daemon logic executes.
Ran (as per docs):
curl -fsSL https://molt.bot/install.sh | bash
Installer output:
Detects Linux + Node correctly
Reports “Existing Moltbot installation detected”
Installs version 2026.1.24-3
Running:
moltbot --help
moltbot onboard --install-daemon
Output in all cases:
hello, moltbot
Solution
Or use the install script (which installs
clawdbotThe npm package name is
clawdbotmoltbot
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