Cordova cannot find module

Question

I allready searched for solutions but couldn't find anything that works.

I'm trying to build / run apk with cordova but the emulator (and also my phone) won't start the app and fail on installation. I tried to re-create the projet and re-install cordova but have this issue :

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova'

I also tried to do :

npm cache clean

Nothing is working, can someone help me please ? Thank you !

Supercilious

How did you install cordova? Did you installed it globally? – Sanderlin

I installed it by using > npm install -g cordova And also tried > npm install -g cordova-lib But I keep having the same issue – Supercilious

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Answer 1

I encountered the similar situation, here is the error information:

module.js:471
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)
at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:389:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:504:3

It happened after I upgraded my cordova with the command:

npm install cordova -g

Even when I ran the "cordova" command solely, same error I could get.

Finally solved by reinstall the cordova completely :

npm uninstall cordova -g

then

npm install cordova -g

Conglomerate

Answer 2

In my case solved by removing and adding platform android again

cordova platform rm android
cordova platform add android

Misspell

Answer 3

I know, this question is kinda old but I got the same problem and I "by-pass" it with this method.

(SOLVED) Error: Cannot find module 'C:...\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova' #3301

Actually, using ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.20.0

first of all, check the JRE installation on your computer, if is ok, follow this steps

1. ionic serve
2. cordova clean android (or IOS)
3. rm -rf node_modules (just delete node_modules folder)
4. npm install
5. cordova build android (without ionic)

It will add plugins to your project and also will compile it to an APK.

EDIT:

Just create another project, copy the "src" folder to the new one and ready to go!

Dysphoria

Answer 4

You just need to run these commands

npm uninstall -g cordova
npm install -g cordova@latest

Above commands are already answered but removing android and adding it again is important and then these :

cordova platform rm android/ios/browser
cordova platform add android/ios/browser

Worked for me, hope it help others.

Minimus

Answer 5

Follow these Steps:

npm uninstall -g cordova
npm install -g cordova@latest

Finical

Answer 6

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i tried :

npm uninstall -g cordova  

npm install -g cordova@latest

but, everytime i run cordova

module.js:471
throw err;
^ Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\bin\cordova'

im install manualy, open : C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ and create folder : cordova\bin

then i run

yarn add cordova

this solve, my problem

Brout