Can someone please explain what exactly are the differences between the following two methods of gulp installation:
$ npm install --global gulp-cli
and
$ sudo npm install -g gulp
It looks to me that both do the same thing except that the first method gives me a version 1.2.1, and the later gives me version 3.9.1
Can someone put into simple terms what exactly are the differences? and plus what is "cli" stands for?
The goal of gulp-cli is to let you use gulp like a global program, but without installing gulp globally.
For example if you installed gulp 3.9.1 globally and your project testGulp4 has gulp 4.0 installed locally, what would happen if you run gulp -v into testGulp4?
Without gulp-cli globally installed :
CLI version 3.9.1
In this case the version displayed is the global version of gulp. The local version 4.0 is totally ignored.
With gulp-cli globally installed :
CLI version 1.2.1
Local version 4.0.0-alpha.2
In this case the version displayed is the global version of gulp-cli and the local version of gulp. The global gulp 3.9.1 is totally ignored.
Conclusion :
gulp-cli: is preferred because it allows you to use different versions of gulp.
gulp: needs a local version of gulp installed.
CLI stands for Command Line Interface.
gulp is a JavaScript library. It lets you use gulp from JavaScript code.
gulp-cli is a utility program that lets you access gulp from your shell.
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I'm setting up Silverstriper frame work with ZURB Foundation. I have tried to compile my gulp file, but I have this error. I have already installed Gulp locally and CLI.
This is my gulp version
C:\Users\ss-dk13\Work\sample-site>gulp -v
[11:38:15] CLI version 2.0.1
[11:38:15] Local version 4.0.0
I've installed Gulp like this:
npm install gulp -g
When I try gulp -v I get this:
[16:19:03] CLI version 3.9.1
But when I try to use gulp in my project by running gulp enter code here I receive:
[16:20:40] Local gulp not found in ~/Code/gulp
[16:20:40] Try running: npm install gulp
What is wrong?
Gulp requires two parts to work in any project:
the gulp object that has the 5 functions attached, (src,dest, watch, run, task). this is installed locally for a project, as well as all the plugins necessary, because it is included in your taskfiles such as gulpfile.js. Its a locally imported module.
npm install --save-dev gulp
the gulp-cli, because this is a command line utility, that can be called from anywhere on your computer. Its a globally accessible cli command. You console needs to be able to see it. You do not import this.
npm install -g --save gulp-cli
you can see more here:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-cli/tutorial
You have to install gulp inside your project:
npm install --save-dev gulp
sw_vers && node -e 'console.log(process.platform, process.versions)'
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.11.3
BuildVersion: 15D21
darwin { http_parser: '2.6.0',
node: '5.2.0',
v8: '4.6.85.31',
uv: '1.7.5',
zlib: '1.2.8',
ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
icu: '56.1',
modules: '47',
openssl: '1.0.2e' }
node -v
v5.2.0
gulp -v
Requiring external module babel-register
CLI version 3.9.1
Local version 3.9.1
Getting error when running gulp serve, I've fixed this before by removing the entire webapp repo from local. Any and all help/advice appreciated, also please forgive if I've not formatted this issue as correctly as possible(first issue ever opened). Would like to resolve this without having to do this. gulp serve throws the following:
Running yeoman generator "Webapp", I'm getting an error when running gulp serve. Here are the following versions for a better background :
sw_vers && node -e 'console.log(process.platform, process.versions)'
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.11.3
BuildVersion: 15D21
darwin { http_parser: '2.6.0',
node: '5.2.0',
v8: '4.6.85.31',
uv: '1.7.5',
zlib: '1.2.8',
ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
icu: '56.1',
modules: '47',
openssl: '1.0.2e' }
node -v
v5.2.0
gulp -v
Requiring external module babel-register
CLI version 3.9.1
Local version 3.9.1
Finally the gulp serve error:
gulp serve
Requiring external module babel-register
\node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:372
throw new Error("Couldn't find preset " + JSON.stringify(val) + " relative to directory " + JSON.stringify(dirname));
Does anybody have any idea what the problem could be, any suggestions?
Here's what I've tried:
npm uninstall gulp
npm install gulp
//with global flag and not
npm install --save-dev gulp
//installing babel-register manually w/wo global flag and --save-dev
npm install babel-register
npm cache clean
I had a very similar issue with running a custom project that was originally created using the Yeoman Webapp generator and found a solution that worked for me. A bit of context... the project was running fine on my Windows 7 machine and when I tried to move it over to my Mac OSX machine I received the exact same error. What I found works is creating a new Yeoman Web App project and drag & dropping the exact node-modules folder structure over to your existing project. Most likely than not, there is a dev dependency that your machine is not reading and fetching accurately, in this case, the babel-register module which is contained within this node-modules folder.
If possible for you to do, it's also worth comparing the versions of node, npm, gulp, gulp cli with your previous working version and the version you are having trouble loading when running gulp serve to see if they match.
I had previously installed gulp globally using npm install gulp -g. Then I cloned an existing project, and that required me to use its own gulp. Now when I do a gulp -v from outside my project folder, I get a mismatch like this.
C:\Users\userme>
[11:14:05] CLI version 3.8.11
[11:14:05] Local version 1.0.0
And when I do a gulp from my project folder, I get this.
C:\project\new\tools>
[11:14:26] CLI version 3.8.11
[11:14:26] Local version 3.8.11
Now I have not been able to merge my JS files properly using gulp (I'm getting some weird formatting errors in the min file) and I suspect it has something to do with this mismatch.
Is there a way to remove the global gulp version, but keep the project specific gulp?
Or can I update my global version gulp to #3.8.11?
Note - I did try updating the global gulp by using npm update gulp#3.8.11 -g but nothing happened. i still get the mismatch.
Update to describe the issue:
I am using gulp to merge multiple JS files into 1 single main.js file. The formatting that I get in the merged file has a syntactical error in it.
Expected output in merged file -
...
define('utils/knockoutBindings/slider',['require','ko','jquery'],function(require) {
'use strict';
var ko = require('ko');
var $ = require('jquery');
...
Actual output in merged file (this 1 line of code below is wrongly replacing the entire 4 lines above) -
...
var'utils/knockoutBindings/slider',['require','ko','jquery'],function(require) {
...
It might seem that there is an issue in the gulp code, but the same code is used by other users and it works well on their end. The only difference we have found is in the mismatch in my gulp versions.
I am answering my own question, just so it is useful for others.
Is there a way to remove the global gulp version, but keep the project specific gulp?
No. AFAIK, you are required to install gulp globally as well as one specific to your project.
More info on gulp versions here.
Why do we need to install gulp globally and locally?
http://blog.dwaynecrooks.com/post/110903139442/why-do-we-need-to-install-gulp-globally-and
https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp/issues/171
https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp/issues/140
Or can I update my global version gulp to #3.8.11?
Since I was facing a mismatch in my local version, I had to update it from the project folder itself.
npm install gulp#3.8.11 --save
More info on this here.
http://www.eskocruz.com/gulp-version-mismatch
To update your Local version npm install gulp#version_you_need
To update CLI version npm install -g gulp#version_you_need
Removing node_modules folder and running npm install gulp within that dir sorted my issue out.
npm install -g gulp wasn't fixing it for me, from either in or out of the project folder. My gulp version was already correct in my package.json file. All I had to do was run npm install from within the project folder, and the gulp version from in the project folder was corrected.
Updating both the local version same as that of the global version fixed the issue. My initial gulp -v yielded CLI version 3.9.1 and Local version 4.0.0. I updated the local version from within the project folder npm install gulp#3.9.1 --save. This resolved my issue .
Gulp 4 uses an updated CLI which needs to be updated globally. This CLI is backwards compatible with any Gulp 3.X projects you may have locally - Read more.
It seems that the latest version (at the time of this post) of gulp-cli is 2.3.0 which means there will always be a mismatch.
If you run npm install -g gulp, then the latest version of the CLI will be installed. If you have any other version installed then it will update to the latest version.
The local version's latest release (at the time of this post) is 4.0.2.
Run npm install --save-dev gulp to install the latest version of Gulp in your project folder as a dev-dependency. Like with the CLI version it will update if you have an older version.
Mismatched versions work like normal.
SIDE NOTE: Remember to prefix global installs with sudo if you're working on a Mac and you have admin rights e.g. sudo npm install -g gulp.
BUT if you don't have admin rights and you can update the local version, but not the global version, then you can run node ./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js from your project folder and it will execute the gulp file, even if you have the wrong CLI version, but you need to have the default task set up.
I have cloned the git for polymer designer on my mac. Following the getting started instructions for Polymer designer works fine until I run bower install
-bash: bower: command not found
Also index.html cannot be loaded by the local httpserver.
I see this is a standard error but several solutions on stack. I need to setup this tool locally to add a custom library.
You nee to install bower: http://bower.io/#install-bower
npm install -g bower
Try this: bower install --save Polymer/polymer