From f640c72de63b935db956cc8e76b9a13854001bd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillermo Rauch <rauchg@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2016 09:25:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] plugins: more graceful npm error

---
 plugins.js | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins.js b/plugins.js
index 976d5d23..d0ee1ba9 100644
--- a/plugins.js
+++ b/plugins.js
@@ -58,10 +58,17 @@ function updatePlugins ({ force = false } = {}) {
 
     if (err) {
       console.error(err.stack);
-      notify(
-        'Error updating plugins.',
-        'Check `~/.hyperterm_plugins/npm-debug.log` for more information.'
-      );
+      if (/not a recognized/.test(err.message) || /command not found/.test(err.message)) {
+        notify(
+          'Error updating plugins.',
+          'We could not find the `npm` command. Make sure it\'s in $PATH'
+        );
+      } else {
+        notify(
+          'Error updating plugins.',
+          'Check `~/.hyperterm_plugins/npm-debug.log` for more information.'
+        );
+      }
     } else {
       // flag successful plugin update
       cache.set('plugins', id_);
@@ -186,7 +193,6 @@ function install (fn) {
   exec(prefix + 'npm prune && npm install --production', {
     cwd: path
   }, (err, stdout, stderr) => {
-    if (err) alert(err.stack);
     if (err) return fn(err);
     fn(null);
   });