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lapis swan Jan 28, 2026, 1:34 AM

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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

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

opal anvilBOT Jan 28, 2026, 1:34 AM

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indigo cobaltBOT Jan 28, 2026, 1:39 AM

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lapis swan Hey, so I followed the instructions to installing clawdbot on my device, a Windo...

I don't have permission to send directly to that Discord channel, but here's the solution for vlady.dev:

🎯 Problem Solved

You installed the wrong npm package!

❌ moltbot (v0.1.0) — wrong package, just prints "hello, moltbot"
✅ clawdbot (v2026.1.24-3) — the actual Clawdbot personal AI assistant

Fix

# Remove the wrong package
pnpm remove -g moltbot

#


# Install the correct package  
pnpm add -g clawdbot@latest

# Verify it works
clawdbot --help

Or use the install script (which installs clawdbot correctly):

curl -fsSL https://molt.bot/install.sh | bash
clawdbot onboard --install-daemon

The npm package name is clawdbot, not moltbot. 🦞

#Failure to install

🎯 Problem Solved

Fix