gulp dev cant be run because of mistake - node.js

Question

I run npm install in the project's root and then when I try to run gulp de, I get the following mistake:
$ gulp dev
module.js:442
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module './lib/public/public-utils'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\ente\node_modules\browser-sync\index.js:9:21)
at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\ente\gulpfile.js:27:21)
at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Liftoff.handleArguments (C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:116:3)
at Liftoff.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js :193:16)
at module.exports (C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\flagged- respawn\index.js:17:3)
at Liftoff.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:185:9)
at C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js: 159:9
at C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags\index.js:108:14
at C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags\index.js:36:12
at C:\Users\Man\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags\index.js:47:7
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
at Module.runMain (module.js:577:11)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:352:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:144:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:467:3
the gulp file
i tried different things, like to go to an older node, to the latest one, reinstalled node, npm and gulp billions of times, but it didnt help.
What can it be and how to fix it?

Answer 1

The error seems to happen when you require the browser-sync module in your gulpfile. The module doesn't find one of it's own components ./lib/public/public-utils and can't start.
I'd first check in your node_modules directory to see what's going on with browser-sync.
It's usually a corrupted install of the module.
Make sure that in your package.json you have browser-sync listed with the most up-to-date version (2.13.0) and to get a fresh install delete your node_modules directory, npm cache clean
and run npm install again.