Local gulp not found (Try running: npm install gulp)

Question

I created a module (webapp-module-storage) which has the following definitions:

package.json

{
  \"dependencies\": {
    ..         


        

Answer 1

Try running npm link gulp in your application directory (to create a local link to the globally installed Gulp module).

Answer 2

Try installing your dependencies first:

npm install

If still does not work, install gulp globally:

npm install -g gulp

if you find problems installing it. type sudo before npm.

In case you need more info about why you need gulp globally and locally read this answer

Answer 3

npm link gulp --no-bin-links
Run this

where npm link gulp creates a local link to globally installed gulp module and --no-bin-links argument will prevent npm from creating symlinks for any binaries the package might contain.

You can't translate symlinks to a synchronized folder on Windows share, so you will need '--no-bin-links' to go around it.

Use it for any filesystem that doesn’t support symbolic links.

Symlinks, or symbolic links, are “virtual” files or folders which reference a physical file or folder located elsewhere, and are an important feature built in to many operating systems, including Linux and Windows.

Answer 4

npm link gulp --force

Using this command worked well for me.

Answer 5

I have tried all the solutions mentioned. At the end I was able to solve the problem by realising that the gulpfile.js file was missing on the location i was using the gulp. After placing the gulpfile.js in the folder from where I was executing gulp, it worked for me.