Error: spawn ENOENT for png files when using grunt-contrib-imagemin

Question

I am trying to compress images with grunt-contrib-imagemin ~0.9.4 in a node.js application. My config is:

    imagemin: {
        dynamic: {
            files: [{
                expand: true,
                cwd: 'server/static/img/',
                src: ['**/*.{jpg,gif,png}'],
                dest: '_public/incl/img/'
            }]
        }
    },

I systematically get a Error: spawn ENOENT in file somepath/someimage.png message. It fails at the first processed .png file. When I don't include .png files, it all works fine.

I have read somewhere that I should copy the image files first in the target directory as a workaround. I have tried this, but it does not solve the issue.

I am on Windows 7 32-bits and I am using grunt ~0.4.5. How can I solve this issue?

Did you try to disable the cache with `options: { cache: false }`? — Reto Aebersold, Jul 01 '15 at 20:27

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 21:13

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Blow away node_modules/grunt-contrib-imagemin and try and do a npm install again. The node equivalent of “did you restart it”?

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I see in their github repo they have a couple of issues related to pngs, but nothing like you are seeing.

answered Jul 01 '15 at 21:13

Chad

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 24 '16 at 05:51

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just reinstall the image-webpack-loader. That's worked for me.

answered Dec 24 '16 at 05:51

Terry

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This should be comment. – ρяσѕρєя K Dec 24 '16 at 06:03

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '18 at 09:21

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This rebuild fixed my problem.

Laravel Mix Issues Optimising Images in Sass Files | Andy Carter
 $ npm rebuild mozjpeg  
 $ npm rebuild gifsicle  
 $ npm rebuild optipng-bin

answered May 18 '18 at 09:21

kujiy

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 06 '15 at 16:23

Seems to be caused by a recent change in a package that imagemin is dependent on. The new setup doesn't support proxies until someone fixes it. https://github.com/kevva/download/issues/64

This thread suggests downgrading bin-build from 2.1.2 to 2.1.1

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 30 '22 at 05:50

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Just delete the node_modules folder and then run npm install or npm i to install all the modules again

answered Nov 30 '22 at 05:50

Simon Ugorji

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Error: spawn ENOENT for png files when using grunt-contrib-imagemin

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