cannot find module "lodash"
node.jsGulpGulp Sassnode.js Problem Overview
Today I tried to learn more about Google Web Starter Kit so I followed these instructions and after a lot of fight and problem I just tried to start a local server (the first task we’ll look at is: $ gulp serve
.) and received this error:
C:\gwsk>gulp serve
Error: Cannot find module 'lodash'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\gwsk\node_modules\browser-sync\node_modules\portsc
anner-plus\lib\index.js:3:9)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\gwsk\node_modules\browser-sync\lib\utils.js:6:19)
Honestly I'm completely lost here, so any help is pretty welcome. I'm new to node.js, to gulp, I just wanted it to try GWSK but turn into a headache :(... I'm a web designer not developer....
node.js Solutions
Solution 1 - node.js
Be sure to install lodash in the required folder. This is probably your C:\gwsk directory.
If that folder has a package.json file, it is also best to add --save behind the install command.
$ npm install lodash --save
The package.json file holds information about the project, but to keep it simple, it holds your project dependencies.
The save command will add the installed module to the project dependencies.
If the package.json file exists, and if it contains the lodash dependency you could try to remove the node_modules folder and run following command:
$ npm cache clean
$ npm install
The first command will clean the npm cache. (just to be sure) The second command will install all (missing) dependencies of the project.
Hope this helps you understand the node package manager a little bit more.
Solution 2 - node.js
I found deleting the contents of node_modules and performing npm install
again worked for me.
Solution 3 - node.js
Maybe loadash needs to be installed. Usually these things are handled by the package manager. On your command line:
npm install lodash
or maybe it needs to be globally installed
npm install -g lodash
Solution 4 - node.js
Reinstall 'browser-sync' :
rm -rf node_modules/browser-sync
npm install browser-sync --save
Solution 5 - node.js
If there is a package.json
, and in it there is lodash
configuration in it. then you should:
npm install
if in the package.json
there is no lodash
:
npm install --save-dev
Solution 6 - node.js
though npm install lodash
would work, I think that it's a quick solution but there is a possibility that there are other modules not correctly installed in browser-sync
.
lodash is part of browser-sync
. The best solution is the one provided by Saebyeok. Re-install browser-sync
and that should fix the problem.
Solution 7 - node.js
For me, I update node and npm to the latest version and it works.
Solution 8 - node.js
The above error run the commend line\
please change the command $ node server it's working and server is started
Solution 9 - node.js
I got the error above and after fixing it I got an error for lodash/merge, then I got an error for 'license-check-and-add' then I realized that according to https://accessibilityinsights.io if I ran the below command, it installs all the missing pacakages at once! Then running the yarn build command worked smoothly with a --force parameter with yarn build.
yarn install
yarn build --force