command not found: jest
JavascriptReactjsJestjsJavascript Problem Overview
I have a test file like so: (I am using create-react-app)
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './components/Calculator';
import { getAction, getResult } from './actions/'
import {shallow} from 'enzyme';
import toJson from 'enzyme-to-json';
import Enzyme from 'enzyme';
import Adapter from 'enzyme-adapter-react-16';
Enzyme.configure({ adapter: new Adapter() });
it('renders without crashing', () => {
const wrapper = shallow(<App />)
expect(toJson(wrapper)).toMatchSnapshot();
});
it('displays the choosen operator', () => {
const action = {
type: 'GET_ACTION',
operator: '+'
};
expect(getAction("+")).toEqual(action)
})
it('displays the typed digit', () => {
const action = {
type: 'GET_RESULT',
n: 3
};
expect(getResult(3)).toEqual(action);
})
it('checks that the clickevent for getNumber is called',() => {
const clickEvent = jest.fn();
const p = shallow(<p data-n="1" onClick={clickEvent}>1</p>)
p.simulate('click')
expect(clickEvent).toBeCalled();
})
and a packaje.json:
{
"name": "my-app",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"react": "^16.2.0",
"react-dom": "^16.2.0",
"react-scripts": "1.1.1"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
// "test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
"test": "jest",
"eject": "react-scripts eject"
},
"devDependencies": {
"enzyme": "^3.3.0",
"enzyme-adapter-react-16": "^1.1.1",
"enzyme-to-json": "^3.3.3",
"jest": "^22.4.3"
}
}
when I run "jest --updateSnapshot" I get:
command not found: jest
but jest is installed.
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
Jest
is installed, but is likely in your ./node_modules/.bin
directory. You can append that to your command ./node_modules/.bin/jest --updateSnapshot
. Since you already have jest
as a scripts
command in your package.json
you can also run it with npm test -- --updateSnapshot
. npm automatically adds ./node_modules/.bin
to your path.
update: Newer versions of yarn will resolve node module bin scripts, so you can also just run yarn jest {cmd}
and it should work.
Solution 2 - Javascript
I ran into similar issue. I fixed it by installing jest globally.
npm install -g jest
Solution 3 - Javascript
You need to run it this way :
./node_modules/.bin/jest
or run npm test
Solution 4 - Javascript
Install the Jest command-line interface (Jest CLI):
npm install --save-dev jest-cli
Then run the jest command. Working for me in a linux instance by docker on Windows 10.
Solution 5 - Javascript
I was getting zsh: command not found: jest
after installing jest and trying to use the command jest
. The solution that worked for me was running npx jest
Solution 6 - Javascript
In my case, npm didn't install the jest
command for some reason.
To fix this:
- I deleted the
node_modules/jest
directory - Re-ran
npm install
and got thejest
command installed.
Solution 7 - Javascript
just use command
npm test
or npm t
Solution 8 - Javascript
try using the command
npx jest <folder>
I ran into the same problem. I tried multiple solutions and this worked.
I also have jest CLI installed
you can install it by using this command in your shell
npm install --save-dev jest-cli
Solution 9 - Javascript
My situation was caused by my git pipeline. I wasn't caching node_modules
nor was I caching untracked files.
Ultimately I added
cache:
# untracked: true
key:
files:
- package-lock.json
paths:
- node_modules
to my pipeline .yml and violá
Note
you can either use path
OR untracked
, find out more about each to see what works best for you
Solution 10 - Javascript
Removing node_modules and running npm install
again fixed this for me
Also the "new" npm ci
command can fix this as it deletes (or clears) node modules and performs a clean install each time, plus it's faster compared to manually deleting node_modules
and re-installing
Solution 11 - Javascript
Just reload your bash config file after install jest:
source ~/.bashrc # on linux ?
source ~/.bash_profile # on macOs
Jest will be not recognized but executed with npx jest automatically
Solution 12 - Javascript
I use yarn
. Adding jest
and jest-cli
to node_modules did not make any difference with my attempts to run tests like jest mytest.test.js
. In addition to mentioned steps, the following helped to get it running:
yarn jest mytest.test.js
Solution 13 - Javascript
you can run ln -s ./node_modules/.bin/jest jest
and then run jest --init
it will work. Or you can install jest cli with npm install --save-dev jest-cli
and then run jest --init
it will also work.
Solution 14 - Javascript
In my case, I was trying to install jest with yarn on a pipeline to run tests and since I had jest installed as a devDependency
it wasn't installing on yarn install.
I found this bug on GitHub https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/2739 that it seems that Yarn will not install devDependencies when NODE_ENV=production.
I just needed to change the NODE_ENV and after that, it was working, otherwise, run it like this:
yarn install --production=false
Solution 15 - Javascript
You can run the test using npx jest [parameters]
. npx
is the package runner. It will help you execute a locally installed package.
Solution 16 - Javascript
Had the same issue and was able to solve it by running npm install