I get the following error when I try to run "grunt install" on a Ubuntu 14.04 box that has the latest nodejs installed from NodeSource.
jit-grunt: Plugin for the "install" task not found. If you have
installed the plugin already, please setting the static mapping. See
https://github.com/shootaroo/jit-grunt#static-mappings
Warning: Task "install" failed. Use --force to continue.
Aborted due to warnings.
Here is the part of Gruntfile.js related to jit-grunt:
require('jit-grunt')(grunt, {
express: 'grunt-express-server',
useminPrepare: 'grunt-usemin',
ngtemplates: 'grunt-angular-templates',
cdnify: 'grunt-google-cdn',
protractor: 'grunt-protractor-runner',
injector: 'grunt-asset-injector',
buildcontrol: 'grunt-build-control'
});
Can someone point to the right direction?
What is the grunt install task? Can you please paste your package.json file here so we may see your dependencies?
The reason jit-grunt is outputting that error is because it cannot find a node module folder named grunt-contrib-install, grunt-install, or install, with a tasks/ folder with JS files that register a Grunt task named install.
Do you mean either of these packages? If so, you have to call them via their registered task names:
- https://www.npmjs.org/package/grunt-npm-install – grunt npm-install
- https://www.npmjs.org/package/grunt-auto-install – grunt auto_install
For the grunt-auto-install package, you will need to add it to jit-grunt's static mappings, like you have with grunt-express-server and others.
If it's not the above, apart from "maybe you mistyped?", the only other answer I can offer is similar to the assumption #waqas-ahmed made: that you mean to install dependencies and devDependencies from your package.json file, and that perhaps you mean to call npm install, not grunt install.
Try as below:
1) 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.
2) npm install grunt --save-dev
The easiest way to add Grunt and gruntplugins to an existing package.json is with the command npm install --save-dev. Not only will this install locally, but it will automatically be added to the devDependencies section, using a tilde version range.
for further assistance follow this link
http://gruntjs.com/getting-started
Related
Symptom:
I can't execute the npm packages directly that are not installed globally. But I can execute it by npm scripts. How to fix it?
For example:
I installed gulp under the project:
npm install gulp --save-dev
Then I try to execute it by
gulp
zsh: command not found: gulp
But if I add a npm script to package.json:
"scripts": {
"test": "mocha --require intelli-espower-loader && gulp test",
"start": "gulp"
},
Then run
npm start
It can get executed without problem.
P.S.
Same issue with the mocha package, I can't execute mocha directly but I can execute npm test without problem.
Help Wanted:
What I can do to fix that issue?
Notice:
I'm not saying that I want to execute them globally, I just want to execute them under the project.
I don't know where goes wrong, but they are executable not long ago, just don't work recently!
In addition to #Ion's answer: You might need to add the path to the environment variables. In windows OS, it would be %AppData%\npm. For packages installed locally, you should be able to run them like
.\node_modules\.bin\gulp
If you want to execute them globally install with the -g flag
npm install gulp -g
To run directly you could also do ./node_modules/.bin/gulp
That is because the package not installed globally doesn't create a reference in the root node_modules folder . If you want to specifically use the local installed version to run globally on terminal then go to you environment variables and set the path to ./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js or alternatively configure your npm to use the mentioned location as the gulp and execute node_modules/.bin/gulp
You have two choices:
Install the executable modules globally:
npm install -g gulp
This is good if it's a tool you use often (for many different projects). For gulp specifically, the globally installed gulp will also check to see if the project has its own gulp installed (in node_modules) and run that version of gulp. This means that each project can have its own version of gulp. But not all tools have this feature.
Use npx:
npx gulp
Newer versions of npm ships with a command called npx which will search through your project's node_modules directory to find a module to execute. This means you don't need to install project specific tools globally. Apart form avoiding global installs of commands (which may or may not be a security issue) it also allows you to install project specific versions of tools.
If your npm installation does not have npx you can install it from npm itself:
npm install -g npx
I have installed node.js and npm on my OS X box running 10.11.5. But, following the instructions at http://docs.amber-lang.net/getting-started.html, when I type:
npm install -g amber-cli
in the Terminal, I get the following result:
npm WARN amber-cli#0.100.2 requires a peer of grunt-cli#^0.1.13 but none was installed.
And the installation halts. Since this is only a warning from npm, I wonder if I really need grunt installed.
FWIW, it does appear I have a version of grunt in my npm directory because using locate to find it produces a billion lines, one of which is:
/Users/me/.npm/grunt
In fact, it looks like I have a bunch of grunt installs (most version 0.4.0). Which makes me reluctant to install grunt again since it doesn't seem to work anyway.
Try the following command
npm install -g grunt-cli#0 grunt-init bower amber-cli
More than likely, it's a problem with your path.
If nothing returns when you execute which grunt, it means that you need to add the location of grunt to your path.
If you installed grunt using npm install -g, you'll need to add /usr/local/bin to your path.
Since you found your grunt cli under ~/.npm, you will need to add that to your path.
You should also add ./node_modules/bin to your path which will cause your shell to check for npm-installed modules in the node_modules/bin directory in your current directory.
You can always run grunt directly, irrespective of its location, by typing: npx grunt using the tool included with npm for running npm-installed commands.
It's good practice to add all of the paths above, to catch all possible npm-installed commands.
You can update your path in the ~/.*rc file for your shell (~/.bashrc for bash, etc.), by adding this line to the end of your rc file:
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:~/.npm:./node_modules/bin:$PATH
I am trying to install Grunt (on Windows).
The documentation (http://gruntjs.com/getting-started) says to install grunt-cli and explains that this is not the Grunt task runner but just the program to allow the grunt command to be run from any folder. Ok. Fine. I've done that. My next question is; how to install the Grunt task runner. The implication of the docs is that this will be installed locally in my project directory.
How do I do that?
The project already has a Gruntfile.js and a package.json & works on another machine. I'm just trying to get it run locally.
Specifically I get this message:
"... a Gruntfile wasn't found or Grunt hasn't been installed locally to your project"
Thanks
--Justin Wyllie
npm install --save-dev grunt to install it just like any module and add it to your package.json file as a development dependency.
grunt may also already be listed as a dependency, in which case you may just need to run npm install to install all dependencies.
I have cloned a repo that has Yeoman installed.
I installed node, as well as Yeoman npm i -g yo. When I run grunt I get an error stating:
Error: Cannot find module 'load-grunt-tasks'
Warning: Task "default" not found. Use --force to continue.
What else do I need to do to be able to run this repo successfully?
The first time, you have to run npm install.
This will install all the needed dependencies as described in the package.json
Subsequently, if anyone add a new dependency into this file, you will need to run npm install or npm update again.
Actually besides npm, you should also download bower dependencies.
So it's 2-step:
npm install
bower install
If you don't invoke bower application may launch, but later you may encounter problems such as the lack of libraries.
I'm trying to do an intro grunt tutorial. I've installed git, node.js, and grunt globally (or at least I thought I did using: npm install -g grunt (which installs). I then made a quick directory and entered it (mkdir demo, cd demo), but when I type:
> grunt init:node
at the prompt I get the following:
grunt-cli: The grunt command line interface (v0.1.11)
Fatal error: unable to find local grunt
If you're seeing this message, either a Gruntfile wasn't found or hasn't been installed locally to your project. For more information about installing and configuring grunt, please see the Getting Started guide:
http://gruntjs.com/getting-started
Which I've looked at and it says to do what I'm doing and what the tutorial mentions??? Any ideas what I've done wrong? Node.js and Git have been working fine so I can only assume it is grunt or the install that has failed.
Thanks
with grunt you need two elements. a global grunt-cli as you have installed using npm install -g grunt-cli and also a local (to the project) copy of grunt itself. so in the folder of your project install this with npm install grunt --saveDev this will install a local grunt and also add it to your devDependencies in your package.json file. you will also need a Gruntfile.js in the project folder. This is a great write-up http://www.integralist.co.uk/Grunt-Boilerplate.html