framework: [5.4] "Npm run" commands don't work on windows.

Laravel Version: 5.4.1
PHP Version: 7.0.4
node v6.9.4
npm v3.10.5

Description:

npm commands are completely broken on windows (windows 7 in this case), whenever I run npm run dev I get the following error:

'node_modules' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

node-debug.log

I tried

  "scripts": {
    "dev": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
    "watch": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
    "hot": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js",
    "production": "node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js"
  },

It ran but without success:

> @ dev c:\wamp\www\web
> node node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.co
nfig.js

path.js:7
    throw new TypeError('Path must be a string. Received ' + inspect(path));
    ^

TypeError: Path must be a string. Received undefined
    at assertPath (path.js:7:11)
    at Object.parse (path.js:950:5)
    at new File (c:\wamp\www\web\node_modules\laravel-mix\src\File.js:14:30)
    at Object.module.exports.preprocess (c:\wamp\www\web\node_modules\laravel-mix\src\index.js:108:14)
    at Object.module.exports.sass (c:\wamp\www\web\node_modules\laravel-mix\src\index.js:84:27)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\wamp\www\web\webpack.mix.js:17:5)
    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)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Mix.initialize (c:\wamp\www\flores\node_modules\laravel-mix\src\Mix.js:38:9)
    at Object.<anonymous> (c:\wamp\www\flores\node_modules\laravel-mix\setup\webpack.config.js:18:5)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)

Steps To Reproduce:

Run npm run dev command on windows.

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Reactions: 2
Comments: 24 (10 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

@taylorotwell go in package.json and instead of “scripts”: { “dev”: “node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js”, “watch”: “node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js”, “hot”: “node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js”, “production”: “node_modules/cross-env/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=production node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js” },

put this: “scripts”: { “dev”: “cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js”, “watch”: “cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js”, “hot”: “cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --inline --hot --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js”, “production”: “cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js” },

I hope I help 😃

bajro17 on Jan 25, 2017

Looks like I may have to get my PC out of the closet 😃 … can anyone confirm a working resolution that works on both mac and Windows?

taylorotwell on Jan 25, 2017

These are the scripts as they are meant to be:

  "scripts": {
    "dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --progress --hide-modules",
    "watch": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --watch --progress --hide-modules",
    "hmr": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack-dev-server --inline --hot",
    "production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress --hide-modules"
  }

PascaleBeier on Jan 25, 2017

@Frondor - At this point, your question is specifically related to Laravel Mix. It doesn’t have anything to do with the framework code. I’m going to port this question over there.

https://github.com/JeffreyWay/laravel-mix/issues/185

JeffreyWay on Jan 26, 2017

Win 8, node 7.4.0, npm 4.0.5 Laravel 5.4.3 everything works perfectly. Thanks for all the work put into this.

devcircus on Jan 26, 2017

Just installed Laravel 5.4.3 on my windows machine and then ran

npm install

and then tried

npm run dev, npm run watch and it works perfectly fine for me.

jagadeshanh on Jan 25, 2017

You can solve this problem 100% https://github.com/AttaUrRehman24/laravel-mix

AttaUrRehman24 on Apr 19, 2017

Same problem win 10 64bits wampserver php7

Solution: Update windows npm with installer https://nodejs.org/en/download/

eduardoarandah on Feb 4, 2017