Cannot Read Property 'Apply' of Undefined Gulp
I Am Trying to Use the Ng-Factory Generator to Scaffold a New Project to Build an Angularjs Component. After the Project Has Been Created with the Yo...
I am trying to use the ng-factory generator to scaffold a new project to build an angularjs component. After the project has been created with the yo ng-factory command, I tried to run it using the gulp serve task but found the following error:
c:\projects\bywebclient>gulp serve
[11:20:51] Loading C:\projects\bywebclient\gulp_tasks\browsersync.js
[11:20:52] Loading C:\projects\bywebclient\gulp_tasks\karma.js
[11:20:57] Loading C:\projects\bywebclient\gulp_tasks\misc.js
[11:20:57] Loading C:\projects\bywebclient\gulp_tasks\webpack.js
[11:21:07] Using gulpfile c:\projects\bywebclient\gulpfile.js
C:\Users\ATUL KALE\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:129
gulpInst.start.apply(gulpInst, toRun);
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined
at C:\Users\ATUL KALE\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:129: 19at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
at Module.runMain (module.js:577:11)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:352:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:144:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:467:3
Am I missing something? I already tried to run again the npm install
Thanks, Atul Kale
8 Answers
Try to reinstall gulp-cli :
npm install -g gulp-cli
npm install -g gulp-cli
And important: after running that command, open a new terminal so it'll take effect.
Upgrade to 4.0 like this:
npm install --save-dev github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0
Uninstall the global gulp installation and local gulp-cli installation. While keeping global gulp-cli and local gulp packages.
npm uninstall -g gulp
npm uninstall -g gulp-cli
npm install -g gulp-cli
npm install --save-dev github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0
I get below error everytime i run
npm install gulp -g --save
TypeError: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js:129:20
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:132:7)
at process._tickDomainCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:219:9)
I tried:
npm i -g gulp-cli
and it works for me.
If again i run
npm install gulp -g --save
the above error returns. I noted when i first installed Gulp it was saved in my package.json but now it's absent.
I tried uninstalling both gulp and gulp-cli from my machine (locally and globally), but after uninstall gulp -v, it still showed Gulp CLI 3.9.1, even in new terminal window.
In the end, these are the steps that finally worked for me (seems like CLI simply got cached hard):
Navigate to your project and delete
node_modulesfolder.Run following:
npm uninstall gulp --global
npm uninstall gulp-cli --global
apt-get remove npm
apt-get remove nodejs
apt-get install nodejs
apt-get install npm
npm install --global gulp-cli
Navigate to your project and run:
npm installClose current terminal, open new one and check for success:
gulp -v
Should say CLI version 2.1.0 (as of time of writing).
Now you can run your gulp tasks without that error :)
In my case, I had an automated script which was doing npm install gulp (...) and until v3.9x it was fine.
After some time, that naive install would pick v4.0.0, which breaks my CI.
Changing the script to do npm install gulp@3.9.1 reverted things back to normal.
Reinstall gulp and gulp-cli, to install the last version.
npm uninstall -g gulp npm uninstall -g gulp-cli npm install -g gulp-cli npm install -g gulp
And then, close the terminal and open new.
*This command no longer works: npm install --save-dev github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0
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