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Ankit Sharma
Ankit Sharma

Reputation: 21

npm start gives Error: `output.path` needs to be an absolute path or `/`

When i run my first react app using npm start command some error is displayed. Please some one help me to resolve this issue.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-server\bin\webpack-dev-server.js:386
                throw e;
                ^

Error: `output.path` needs to be an absolute path or `/`.
    at Object.setFs (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-middleware\lib\Shared.js:88:11)
    at Shared (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-middleware\lib\Shared.js:214:8)
    at module.exports (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-middleware\middleware.js:22:15)
    at new Server (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-server\lib\Server.js:56:20)
    at startDevServer (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-server\bin\webpack-dev-server.js:379:12)
    at processOptions (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-server\bin\webpack-dev-server.js:317:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\node_modules\webpack-dev-server\bin\webpack-dev-server.js:441:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:571:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:488:32)

npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.2.9200
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
npm ERR! node v7.5.0
npm ERR! npm  v4.1.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] start: `webpack-dev-server`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] start script 'webpack-dev-server'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the r3 package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     webpack-dev-server
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs r3
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls r3
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\ankit\Desktop\r3\npm-debug.log

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1026

Answers (1)

雨浣潇湘
雨浣潇湘

Reputation: 31

The error message is clear： output.path needs to be an absolute path or /

Your output.path should write like this：

var path = require('path');

output: {
    path: path.join( __dirname, './dist/'),

}

Upvotes: 3

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