Gulp Command not being found

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I have attempted to install Gulp using NPM but the gulp command is not getting recognized. These are the commands I ran. I am using Git Bash and running it as admin. I am using Windows 10.

npm install gulp-cli --global

( Attempt to run 'gulp' and 'gulp -v' and nothing works )

Then navigating to my project folder

npm install gulp --save-dev

( Attempt Gulp command again and it still not recognized )

My env path for npm is C:\Users\ *username* \AppData\Roaming\npm

When I run

npm config get prefix

It returns C:\Program Files\Git\Roaming\npm

I am fairly new to NPM but I have been searching for hours and trying everything. I have uninstalled and reinstalled Node and npm multiple times. Sorry if this has been answered before but every other thread I found did not solve this issue.

You also need to install gulp globally (as well as locally, which you did). — Mark
– Mark, Commented Jun 14, 2018 at 22:25
There 2 gulp files in C:\Program Files\Git\Roaming\npm\ There are also 2 gulp folders in C:\Program Files\Git\Roaming\npm\node_modules I am still getting the message the command not found message — Steve Greco
– Steve Greco, Commented Jun 15, 2018 at 0:45

Arash Hatami · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-15 11:04:03Z

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Install gulp and gulp-cli globally

npm install --global gulp-cli    
npm install --global gulp   
npm install gulp -D

Update:

Make sure install gulp locally and globally. After that check status using these command :

npm ls
npm ls -g

After that make sure to link gulp

npm link gulp

And maybe you should check you env.

Create an environmental variable called NODE_PATH
Set it to: %AppData%\npm ( It's you npm path )
Close CMD, and Re-Open to get the new ENV variables

edited Jun 15, 2018 at 11:04

answered Jun 14, 2018 at 23:02

Arash Hatami

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Steve Greco Over a year ago

I added that variable under my user variables. I restarted my CMD and it is still installing new global packages into C:\Program Files\Git\Roaming\npm\

Steve Greco Over a year ago

npm ls gave me C:\Program Files\Git --empty npm ls -g game me C:\Program Files\Git\Roaming\npm npm link gulp returned an error for the path C:\Program Files\Git\node_modules

Arash Hatami Over a year ago

Did you check npm ls and npm ls -g ? @SteveGreco

Steve Greco Over a year ago

yes. Those commands both returned C:\Program Files\Git and C:\Program Files\Git\node_modules respectively.

Arash Hatami Over a year ago

we don't need path. find gulp in output list @SteveGreco

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Rich · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-15 21:38:15Z

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Add gulp to scripts in your package.json file:

"scripts": {
"gulp":"gulp"
},

Then you can use the command:

npm run gulp name of task

Writing function like this worked for me:

gulp.task('message', async ( ) => { 

 console.log('gulp task is working ')
})

edited Mar 15, 2019 at 21:38

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answered Mar 15, 2019 at 20:34

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David Oliver Over a year ago

Nice. No need to install gulp or gulp-cli globally.

ispirett · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-04 05:28:48Z

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This worked for me:

npm config delete prefix

edited Aug 4, 2019 at 5:28

answered Mar 17, 2019 at 5:48

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