Reputation: 73
I am trying to use the generator of generatos, the generator-generator, and I am facing an error.
henrique@liberato:~/Documents$ yo generator
? Your generator name (generator-documents)
events.js:154
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
TypeError: this.env.adapter.prompt(...).then is not a function
at Base.prompt (/home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/node_modules/yeoman-generator/lib/base.js:232:45)
at askName (/home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/node_modules/inquirer-npm-name/lib/index.js:25:19)
at module.exports.generators.Base.extend.prompting (/home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/app/index.js:21:12)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/node_modules/yeoman-generator/lib/base.js:431:23)
at /home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/node_modules/run-async/index.js:26:25
at /home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/node_modules/run-async/index.js:25:19
at /home/henrique/.nvm/versions/node/v5.8.0/lib/node_modules/generator-generator/node_modules/yeoman-generator/lib/base.js:432:9
at processImmediate [as _immediateCallback] (timers.js:383:17)
Versions:
henrique@liberato:~/Documents$ node -v
v5.8.0
henrique@liberato:~/Documents$ npm -version
3.8.9
I already did npm cache clean and npm install -g yo/yeoman-generator/generator-generator. Already reinstaled node and npm.
Thanks for your time :)
Upvotes: 5
Views: 2115
Reputation: 374
I had this issue too. I'm also using nvm to manage my node versions.
In my case, some combination of npm dedupe -g
, npm update -g yo
, npm uninstall -g yo
, and npm install -g yo
did the trick.
I also re-reran npm link
from my generator, since it is a local generator. I think if it's a generator you installed from npm, npm uninstall -g <generator-name>
followed by `npm install -g would serve the same purpose.
At some point during all this, the generator started working again, but I didn't notice exactly when, because I was running the generator as a part of my unit tests.
Eventually, I realized that the generator was working when I ran it from the command line, but not when I ran it from my test files.
At that point, updating yeoman's test helpers (npm update yeoman-test
) from 1.1.0
to 1.4.0
did the trick.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 3636
I had similar issue. However, updating or re-installing yo didn't help me.
My node environment is managed by nvm, where I am currently using node v6.2.0. However, yo was installed long ago in my pc while I was using node v4.4.1. When I used v4.4.1, I didnt get the error.
So, conclusion is that the yo angular-fullstack commands are working in the same node version in which it was installed. As nvm is handy in switching between node version, its not a big deal for me. I use v4.4.1 only when i generate some angular components, and switch back to the latest version.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 44669
You need to update yo
to the latest version.
npm -g update yo
And if that doesn't work, then you want:
npm -g uninstall yo
npm -g install yo
Upvotes: 11