Verify latest release

• I verified that the issue exists in the latest pnpm release

pnpm version

9.13.2

Which area(s) of pnpm are affected? (leave empty if unsure)

CLI

Link to the code that reproduces this issue or a replay of the bug

curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | PNPM_VERSION=9.13.2 bash -

Reproduction steps

1. Make sure you DON'T have node available (a.k.a. not installed / not in $PATH)
2. Run curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | PNPM_VERSION=9.13.2 bash -

Describe the Bug

Until now pnpm install did not require node. Now if I don't node available (in $PATH) the install will not succeed.

I use pnpm to manage the nodejs vesions of my projects. I don't need yet-another-tool to manage/install node before I install pnpm.

Expected Behavior

Install pnpm as it was done before, not requiring node

Which Node.js version are you using?

NONE

Which operating systems have you used?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

If your OS is a Linux based, which one it is? (Include the version if relevant)

No response