Error: Cannot find module 'browser-sync'

Question

When am trying to start gulp serve Its raise an error

module.js:338 throw err; ^

Error: Cannot find module 'browser-sync'

at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:336:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:278:25)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/sajad/p_projects/my-project/gulpfile.js:17:19)
at Module._compile (module.js:460:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:478:10)
at Module.load (module.js:355:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:310:12)
at Module.require (module.js:365:17)
at require (module.js:384:17)

After that i tried sudo npm rm browser-sync && npm install browser-sync its raise follwing error

npm ERR! Linux 3.13.0-24-generic

npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "browser-sync" npm ERR! node v0.12.7 npm ERR! npm v2.11.3 npm ERR! file /home/sajad/.npm/escape-html/1.0.2/package/package.json npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE

npm ERR! Failed to parse json npm ERR! No data, empty input at 1:1 npm ERR! npm ERR! ^ npm ERR! File: /home/sajad/.npm/escape-html/1.0.2/package/package.json npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data. npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript. npm ERR! npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm. npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /home/sajad/p_projects/my-project/npm-debug.log

Guide me how to start gulp serve and how resolve these error

Franchot

Answer 1

I tried these steps. Its work for me.

Globally install gulp.

Next need to install the project’s local dependencies (that’s where it’s looking for browser-sync). To do that,

cd into the project directory and run npm install.

Then try gulp serve.

You can also try following lines

npm i browser-sync --save 

then

npm start

Franchot

For me the problem was that I was installing using --save-dev, using just --save solved. Thanks! – Aniakudo

Answer 2

I also had a same problem, I was able to solve it by entering this.

npm i browser-sync --save

Check this link here: https://github.com/brawlins/react-webpack-php-starter/issues/1

Pansie

For me the problem was that I was installing using --save-dev, removing it from devDependencies and install using just --save solved. Thanks! – Aniakudo

Answer 3

You can try a :

npm cache clean 

as it looks like it's not related to your project but your npm files, and then re run npm install

Schematize

This was the solution for me, only I had to add --force to the above cache clean statement, which solved the problem. – Kanya

Answer 4

Are you behind a proxy? Because it happened once to me in a company, this specific node module wouldn't be installed because of the proxy. I had to install it without proxy to make it work. Just try on your phone or another network.

Graybeard

But i stop my proxy - i reinstalled but same issue – Franchot