angular-cli: Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'

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Error while running script "C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\addon\ng2\tasks\serve-webpack.ts":
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
Error while running script "C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\addon\ng2\commands\serve.ts":
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)

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Tried to init a project (ng init). Installed locally in the project’s directory (npm i angular-cli@webpack)

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Created 8 years ago
Reactions: 13
Comments: 27 (7 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I solved it. I install some modules manually.

npm i process-nextick-args util-deprecate

+43

sculove on Sep 2, 2016

I am getting this error too after a fresh install of angular-cli@webpack and then running any ng command.

I have used the above trick, but had to globally.

npm i -g process-nextick-args util-deprecate

+34

bthharper on Sep 2, 2016

Update npm to version 3.x.x

+23

monojack on Sep 1, 2016

have you tried my solution before downvoting? that’s how I fixed it. You don’t need to bloat-up you global packages. 😉

+12

monojack on Sep 2, 2016

Just playing around - I updated process-nextick-args, that is a dependency of readable stream from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 and this fixed the issue for me.

+10

giuseppepaul on Sep 1, 2016

Upgrading Node.js to 6.5 and reinstalling angular-cli also fixes this.

rbj325 on Sep 9, 2016

I’m also getting this same issue (on a mac) after updating to the angular-cli webpack version following the steps here:

https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/blob/master/WEBPACK_UPDATE.md

Mac - El Capitan version 10.11.5
Same as above, running ng --version causes the same error, node version is: v5.4.0
Just running: ng new test
Same stack trace as above.

Thanks

giuseppepaul on Sep 1, 2016

Seeing this error directly after npm i -g npm. Now even npm -v returns the process-nextick-args not found errror.

Node/npm originally installed via nodesource.com.

$ nodejs --version
v6.12.3

$ npm -v
module.js:471
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js:26:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)

Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.10 (jessie)
Release:        8.10
Codename:       jessie

Linux b8022312ce29 4.9.75-linuxkit-aufs #1 SMP Tue Jan 9 10:58:17 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

thinkspill on Feb 12, 2018

@sculove yes, this solution works for me too, but this seems to be a bug in the dependency hierarchy of angular-cli.

ribizli on Sep 2, 2016