Error: Couldn't find preset “es2015” relative to directory “/Users/username”

Question

I get the following error when trying to use gulp-babel:

Error: Couldn\'t find preset \"es2015\" relative to directory \"/Users/username\"

Answer 1

the "es2015" in :

    .pipe(babel({
        presets: ['es2015']
    }))

is actually a path - so if you don't have the preset in the /Users/username/es2015 directory you have to point exactly to it like for instance:

.pipe(babel({
    presets: ['../../gulp/node_modules/babel-preset-es2015']
}))

it worked for me

Answer 2

The situation where I encounter this problem is that I have moved the files from xxx to xxx/server. And then under xxx/server I will see the Error: Couldn't find preset "es2015" relative to directory "/Users/username/xxx" error. The real reason is that I have forgotten to move that .babelrc file under xxx. And after I move that .babelrc to xxx/server, the error goes away.

Answer 3

To fix this issue You should remove .babelrc (hidden) file from "/Users/username" directory.

Answer 4

Babel 7 update

From the docs you should now use @babel/preset-env instead of any other preset mention

The "env" preset has been out for more than a year now, and completely replaces some of the presets we've had/suggested earlier.

• babel-preset-es2015
• babel-preset-es2016
• babel-preset-es2017
• babel-preset-latest
• A combination of the above ^

yarn add @babel/preset-env

or

npm install @babel/preset-env

Answer 5

Check if you have .babelrc file in the root folder of your Project. If not create .babelrc file and add the following:

{
  "presets": ["es2015"]
}

It fixed the issue.

Answer 6

You could try installing es2015 and stage-2 via

npm i babel-preset-es2015 --save
npm i babel-preset-stage-2 --save