Locally installed gulp not running in command line?

Question

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

@mydo47 script is added because its was one way of using locally installed gulp. — user2378417, Nov 12 '15 at 18:09
when you run `npm install`. Gulp installed in your local folder. — mydo47, Nov 12 '15 at 18:12

score 38 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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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

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Mar 28 '16 at 10:23

snorberhuis

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There is only one `gulp.js` in `bin` folder. – Alex Zhukovskiy Jun 01 '17 at 17:02
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@AlexZhukovskiy it's .bin – YugoAmaryl Sep 20 '18 at 09:58
but i got `Local gulp not found in` when executing `.\scripts\node_modules\.bin\gulp`, why? – Lei Yang Dec 03 '19 at 07:46
Are you sure you installed `gulp`? Are there other binaries in `.\scripts\node_modules\.bin`? Is `scripts` your repo? – snorberhuis Dec 05 '19 at 12:43
After installing gulp locally `node_modules\.bin\gulp` didn't exist. Running `npm link gulp` worked for me. – miker Oct 24 '20 at 16:51

Rahul Jha · Answer 2 · 2017-11-12T21:17:10.073

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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.

edited Nov 12 '17 at 21:17

answered Nov 12 '17 at 20:59

Rahul Jha

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`npm link gulp` proper answer – webdevinci Jan 03 '19 at 22:52
`npm run gulp` was what i was looking for. – Oneezy Jul 06 '20 at 21:30

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 13 '16 at 09:57

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.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 21 '18 at 16:54

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Try:

path_to_node path_to_gulp_js gulp_task

Example:

node\node.exe node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js build

answered Nov 21 '18 at 16:54

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 15 '17 at 17:33

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

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 22 '18 at 22:53

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.

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Feb 08 '19 at 13:58

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

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 06 '16 at 15:28

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.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 12:23

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The simplest solution I know of is to use npm bin:

`npm bin`/gulp ...

This keeps you away from hard-coding any paths.

answered Dec 06 '19 at 12:23

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited Aug 28 '21 at 12:38

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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.

edited Aug 28 '21 at 12:38

Adrian Mole

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answered Aug 26 '21 at 18:07

Jfranz

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Please provide additional details in your answer. As it's currently written, it's hard to understand your solution. – Community Aug 26 '21 at 18:24

score -5 · Answer 11 · edited Nov 12 '15 at 17:41

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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

edited Nov 12 '15 at 17:41

Mike G

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answered Nov 12 '15 at 17:35

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Like I have mentioned that I do not want to install gulp globally – user2378417 Nov 12 '15 at 18:08

Locally installed gulp not running in command line?

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