[BUG] No fallback to ripgrep in the PATH

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jan 19, 2026 by caseyandgina Closed Jan 19, 2026

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  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I am running Claude on FreeBSD (arm64). I have ripgrep installed and in the default system PATH (it's specifically in /usr/local/bin/rg), but it seems that attempts to use it fail because there's no platform-specific implementation in .npm-global/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/vendor/ripgrep, and there's no fallback on the system-provided version in the PATH.

What Should Happen?

Claude should be able to use the system-provided rg command.

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set up Claude using NPM on a FreeBSD host.
  2. Do something that tries to use the ripgrep tool.

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

I don't know

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.12 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Other

Terminal/Shell

Terminal.app (macOS)

Additional Information

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