I am trying to set grunt for my node.js project and I have followed below steps:
1)I have installed node.js and it is working fine.
2)Installed git.
3)Installed grun by running: npm install -g grunt-cli.
C:\Users\user\Downloads\bpost-gs-api-1.1.1>npm install -g grunt-cli
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm\grunt -> C:\Users\891153\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\grunt-cli\bin\grunt
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\npm
`-- grunt-cli#1.2.0
Now I have run the cmd grunt -version, I got below error:
grunt is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Can you please help me to set up grunt for my project. How to setup variable env and how to setup path etc.
Appreciate your help
https://gruntjs.com/getting-started
In order to get started, you'll want to install Grunt's command line interface (CLI) globally. You may need to use sudo (for OSX, *nix, BSD etc) or run your command shell as Administrator (for Windows) to do this.
npm install -g grunt-cli
This will put the grunt command in your system path, allowing it to be run from any directory.
Note that installing grunt-cli does not install the Grunt task runner! The job of the Grunt CLI is simple: run the version of Grunt which has been installed next to a Gruntfile. This allows multiple versions of Grunt to be installed on the same machine simultaneously.
start from reading this:
https://gruntjs.com/installing-grunt
If you need a specific version of Grunt or a Grunt plugin, run npm install grunt#VERSION --save-dev where VERSION is the version you need.
for better understood on how to start setup a grunt project: https://gruntjs.com/getting-started#preparing-a-new-grunt-project
A typical setup will involve adding two files to your project: package.json and the Gruntfile.
package.json: This file is used by npm to store metadata for projects published as npm modules. You will list grunt and the Grunt plugins your project needs as devDependencies in this file.
Gruntfile: This file is named Gruntfile.js or Gruntfile.coffee and is used to configure or define tasks and load Grunt plugins. When this documentation mentions a Gruntfile it is talking about a file, which is either a Gruntfile.js or a Gruntfile.coffee.
I have followed this link to try to install a mean.js stack on an ubuntu server.
Regarding grunt, in /opt/mean, I have done
sudo npm install -g bower grunt-cli
sudo npm install grunt --save-dev
sudo npm install
However, grunt or grunt jshint inside the folder gives
A valid Gruntfile could not be found. Please see the getting started
guide for more information on how to configure grunt:
http://gruntjs.com/getting-started
Fatal error: Unable to find Gruntfile.
Note that npm start works, and http://server_domain_or_IP:3000 can display the sample application.
Does anyone know how to fix the grunt error?
As the error states, you do not have a Gruntfile and https://gruntjs.com/getting-started shows you an example of one.
Simply installing Grunt is not enough. When you run grunt it needs a configuration file (your Gruntfile) to run any tasks. The Gruntfile itself contains the tasks to be run.
You will need a Gruntfile.js in your project. you can create the same using the following grunt command.
grunt-init gruntfile
The above command will create the sample gruntfile.js file in your project.
I'm trying to run grunt but receiving this error. I have grunt installed globally and can run 'grunt watch' from other locations and it works for other files. I have a new project given to me which has less files, and it contains a package.json file (this seems buried, where I'd assume it should be closer to the root but I'm new to this). I try to run grunt watch from the root and receive the error message above. The package.json does not list grunt files as dependencies. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
The error is telling you that it's missing locally. npm scripts run things out of the node_modules directory, so install grunt locally to resolve it.
npm install grunt --save-dev
I am new to nodejs and gulp stuff. I working on a nodejs project in which I have to run jslint on all the files. I am using gulp for this purpose.
My problem is that In order to run gulp on cli I don't want to install gulp globally and also does not want to update my path variable, So I have installed gulp and other node modules in my project locally using the package.json file
cd myproject
npm install
Since I don't want to install gulp globally and want to run the local gulp I have added script in my package.json file like this as given in this question
{
"name": "",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "index.js",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"async": "1.5.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.9.0",
"gulp-jslint": "^0.2.2"
},
"scripts": {
"gulp": "./node_modules/.bin/gulp" // is this correct?
}
}
Add added a gulpfile.js inside my myproject folder
var gulp = require('gulp');
// include plug-ins
var jslint = require('gulp-jslint');
// JS hint task
gulp.task('lint', function() {
gulp.src('./common/srp/*.js')
.pipe(jslint())
.pipe(jslint.reporter('default'));
});
gulp.task("default", ["lint"]);
But now on my command line inside myproject folder, when I run gulp and gulp lint I get an error
user1-VirtualBox:~/myproject$ gulp lint
/usr/local/node-v0.10.26-linux-x64/bin/gulp No such file or
directory
Its looking for gulp in the global node module.
Is there a way to make gulp run on cli without installing globally and updating PATH variable.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
You can find any executable installed by npm in node_modules/.bin. So you can run gulp locally using:
./node_modules/.bin/gulp
You can find more information at no command 'gulp' found - after installation
With your code you should be able to run command
npm run gulp
Please try
One way to define script is
"scripts": {
"gulp": "gulp"
}
If in case you are not able to run gulp command in your project, run
npm link gulp
It will link your global install gulp with your local project. Then try
gulp -v
If it is showing you the version then you are done. Now you can run any gulp command as you want.
Scripts defined in package.json are accessed through NPM, i.e. npm run-script gulp. I imagine you're trying to run plain old gulp, which should fail since you didn't install it globally.
The scripts section won't automatically create an alias, which I think is your mistake here. You could define one yourself or create a simple bash script if you don't want to type it every time.
Try:
path_to_node path_to_gulp_js gulp_task
Example:
node\node.exe node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js build
Like #snorberhuis said. The only way for me to get gulp to work globally was to call gulp manually
I am building in a Jenkins environment
Execute Windows Batch Command
cd your-app
npm install gulp
Execute Windows Batch Command
cd your-app\node_modules\.bin
gulp
Just another alternative that will work locally but will give you global like feeling.
Add to your shell config i.e. ~/.bash_profile the following
export PATH=$PATH:./node_modules/.bin
you have to source that file, execute rehash or just open a new shell and then gulp (and any other script inside that folder) shall be available as a global command.
The way I did this after bashing my head every possible place is simply going to your Application and install npm dependencies like this:
1- E:\webra-jenkins\Code\trunk\WebRa.Web>npm install
Once npm installed then go this directory
2- [%Application_path%]\node_modules\.bin
And execute the gulp and give your file/task, like this:
3-[%Application_path%]\node_modules\.bin>gulp gulpfile --tasks
In my case as I saw the following lines... I got the inner happiness
18:06:36] Working directory changed to [%Application_path%]
[18:06:37] Tasks for [%Application_path%]\gulpfile.js
Now you can run your tasks 1 by one.
[%Application_path%]\node_modules\.bin>gulp pack-vendor-js
Check in your project node_modules/.bin folder and make sure gulp is in there. I had a case where it wasn't there that I never tracked down the reason for. If it isn't there, try re-installing gulp locally and see if it shows up. If that doesn't work and you get tired of the problem, the gulp-cli package will fix it for sure, but that shouldn't be something you have to do.
The simplest solution I know of is to use npm bin:
`npm bin`/gulp ...
This keeps you away from hard-coding any paths.
Nothing was working for me. I followed all instructions from everyone. No matter what I did I could not run the Gulp commands.
To fix this I opened the Node.js command prompt that comes installed automatically when you download and run node.js.
Once I was in this command prompt I could run the following commands:
npm install -g gulp
gulp -v
This is probably a matter of common knowledge but as someone starting out no one suggested to run the node.js command prompt and install gulp from there. Everything I read talked about regular powershell or command prompts with elevated permissions.
Globally install gulp in C:\Users\%USERNAME% using this command
npm install –g gulp
You can install any other gulp methods you need to use.. Ex:
npm install -g gulp-concat
npm install -g gulp-uglify
npm install -g gulp-replace
Then at the directory you wish to use GULP. Open the command prompt (Shift + RightClick) then install locally and you'll be able to execute gulp.
npm install gulp
You can install any other gulp methods you need to use.. Ex:
npm install gulp-concat
npm install gulp-uglify
npm install gulp-replace
I've project to join so I cloned repo from git. I have installed npm install and then bower install, but when I try to run the app with grunt serve command, console returns this:
Loading "cdnify.js" tasks...ERROR
>> Error: Cannot find module 'chalk'
Running "serve" task
Running "clean:server" (clean) task
Running "wiredep:app" (wiredep) task
Warning: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/home/tomek/dev/mobilas/app/bower.json' Use --force to continue.
Aborted due to warnings.
The thing is, I shouldn't really change neither Gruntfile.js nor bower.json file.
Link I referenced in comment above fixed it for me... just had to run
npm install chalk
in the project directory as a work around until they get one of the grunt dependencies fixed.
Running below commands should fix your errors...
$cd /home/tomek/dev/mobilas
$rm -rf node_modules
$npm install
Now you should be able to run your app with $grunt serve command