gulp command not found

Question

Windows 10 pro x64

I ran the following commands

npm install --global gulp-cli
npm init

Then I changed directory to my project:

npm install --save-dev gulp

then tried to run gulp and got

-bash: gulp: command not found

my package.json file reads

{
 "name": "riad-kilani_v4-child",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "gulpfile.js",
  "dependencies": {
    "gulp-cli": "^1.2.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-sass": "^2.3.2"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

Any ideas on whats going on here?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 27 '18 at 17:47

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I solved the problem creating an alias in ~/.bashrc like this:

alias gulp="node /home/deploy/app/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js"

Just put the alias in the end of the .bashrc file, then run:

source ~/.bashrc

Test with:

gulp -v

You should see something like this:

[15:46:39] CLI version 3.9.1
[15:46:39] Local version 3.9.1

answered Dec 27 '18 at 17:47

Francisco Zanatta

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Spent hours trying to find a solution for the -bash: /usr/bin/gulp: No such file or directory This was the solution. Thank you! – afishintaiwan Jun 13 '19 at 14:35

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '20 at 18:25

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On MacOS Catalina v10.15.2, the following global install with sudo worked for me.

sudo npm install gulp -g

answered Jun 08 '20 at 18:25

Anna Jacobson

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murtuza hussain · Answer 3 · 2018-11-30T12:31:00.310

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I had got into the same issue. Even after npm install gulp -g and npm install bower -g, both gulp and bower showed the error.

Here is the thing to remember. 1. gulp and bower command does not run in root (sudo). Switch back to the system user and the run it 2. Make sure the folder where you are running gulp has the user permission. else the permission will be denied

Hope this works for you

edited Nov 30 '18 at 12:31

answered Aug 16 '17 at 07:48

murtuza hussain

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '18 at 16:26

So I ran into this issue as well and none of the top answers were helping. Everything was installed, uninstalled, restarted, installed globally, etc., etc.... and still got the gulp command not found error. So I opened the package.json file and put in the following after the name field:

  "scripts": {
"start": "gulp"
},

And then I ran npm start in git bash.

Everything ran correctly, I got my dev view in my browser @ localhost and all was right with the world.

Hope this helps!

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 11 '18 at 09:07

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I'm using Ubuntu and found the error of -bash: gulp: command not found, too. But it became work after npm install gulp -g

answered Apr 11 '18 at 09:07

KHACHORNCHIT

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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I managed to fix this problem using simple 3 commands found from https://gulpjs.com/

npm install gulp-cli -g

npm install gulp -D

npx -p touch nodetouch gulpfile.js

Hope it helps someone else.

ps: it is not mandatory to use the 3rd command in order to fix the problem.

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Mar 04 '19 at 18:00

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score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 23 '21 at 13:51

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You can try:

To run this command in the terminal: npx gulp

If want know more visit this Link

answered Jul 23 '21 at 13:51

Atul

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 12 '19 at 14:15

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For anyone else who runs into this just run npm install and npm update.

I ran npm rm --global gulp to clear out any version conflicts and then ran npm install --global gulp-cli. This did a clean install of gulp and it works flawlessly now.

edited Jan 12 '19 at 14:15

Lajos Arpad

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answered Mar 02 '17 at 14:50

f1ss1on

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If anyone is coming to this answer in 2020, the instructions at gulp.js have this as the first thing to do: `npm rm --global gulp`. `npm install --global gulp-cli` comes shortly after. So this answer is just doing what the instructions say, which if you're having this issue after doing what the instructions say, I don't see how it can help. – user70848 Jun 23 '20 at 19:53

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 30 '18 at 09:17

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On MacOS Sierra v10.12.6, the following global install with sudo worked for me.

sudo npm install gulp -g

answered Jan 30 '18 at 09:17

Jonathan Cardoz

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 22 '21 at 09:22

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You didn't mention which versions of node/npm you are using. We had a similar problem and seems that gulp-sass had to be upgraded.

You can try:

rm -fr node_modules package-lock.json &&  npm install -g gulp-sass@3.0.0 && npm install

answered Jun 22 '21 at 09:22

Nir Alfasi

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score 0 · Answer 11 · edited May 23 '23 at 17:29

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You just need to install the gulp-cli.

npm i -g gulp-cli

That is different from what you installed in the node_modules.

edited May 23 '23 at 17:29

Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩

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answered May 23 '23 at 13:43

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