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Lizi
Lizi

Reputation: 69

npx cannot find module 'webpack'

I'm trying to test a custom Webpack configuration. I've read that instead of typing node ./node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js, I can use npx webpack. But I can't seem to get it to work.

user@comp:~/raw> npx webpack
The CLI moved into a separate package: webpack-cli.
Please install 'webpack-cli' in addition to webpack itself to use the CLI.
-> When using npm: npm install webpack-cli -D
-> When using yarn: yarn add webpack-cli -D

When I switch to running npx webpack-cli, I get a different error:

user@comp:~/> npx webpack-cli
npx: installed 489 in 19.186s
Cannot find module 'webpack'

Upvotes: 5

Views: 5838

Answers (4)

Dev_Hoss
Dev_Hoss

Reputation: 1

I tried to install webpack-cli again and it worked

Upvotes: -1

Lizi
Lizi

Reputation: 69

I followed the advice in the other answers and installed Webpack globally with npm install webpack webpack-cli -g.

When I ran npx webpack, I got

No configuration file found and no output filename configured via CLI option.
A configuration file could be named 'webpack.config.js' in the current directory.
Use --help to display the CLI options.

That's when I realized that I wasn't in the project folder...

Upvotes: 0

radtelbi
radtelbi

Reputation: 635

You can install webpack and webpack-cli packages globally so you won't need to use node ./path/to/webpack :

  $ npm install webpack webpack-cli -g

This will install webpack globally on your machine. Then in your project folder run 

  $ webpack

Upvotes: 1

scor4er
scor4er

Reputation: 1589

Please install 'webpack-cli' in addition to webpack itself to use the CLI.
-> When using npm: npm install webpack-cli -D
-> When using yarn: yarn add webpack-cli -D

Basically that's all. After you've installed the webpack-cli just use 

npx webpack

Upvotes: 1

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