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Reputation: 1547

I can't open Cypress on Mac: Cypress not found

I've checked through the answers on S.O and so far none have worked for me.

I put my question in a video. Watch it here

What went wrong? It was working fine yesterday?

What I've done so far:

Re installed cypress

tried to open with : .node_modules\.bin\cypress open

then tried: npx cypress open

Got the following message

No version of Cypress is installed in: /Users/jacquelinegeorge/Library/Caches/Cypress/3.4.0/Cypress.app

Please reinstall Cypress by running: cypress install

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Cypress executable not found at: /Users/my_name/Library/Caches/Cypress/3.4.0/Cypress.app/Contents/MacOS/Cypress

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Platform: darwin (18.7.0)
Cypress Version: 3.4.0

Upvotes: 16

Views: 38841

Answers (8)

user13892443
user13892443

Reputation: 51

If you want to clear the cypress cache - for whatever reasons - you have to run the command:

npx cypress cache clear

But you must have cypress install to be able to do this command:

npm install cypress --save-dev

If you run the cache clear command then you will have to rerun the following command:

npx cypress install

You will find the details here: clear cypress cache

Upvotes: 4

Hadi Rasekh
Hadi Rasekh

Reputation: 2740

In mac, if you have it installed in your project, you can use something like

./node_modules/cypress/bin/cypress run --spec path/to/file/address

Upvotes: 0

med hrs
med hrs

Reputation: 1

maybe too late but i think you should try this:

1 - ./node_modules/.bin/cypress install

2 - ./node_modules/.bin/cypress open

and then it will open cypress for you

Upvotes: 0

Robert Crocker
Robert Crocker

Reputation: 678

npx cypress install worked for me

Upvotes: 9

shatmanyu
shatmanyu

Reputation: 267

I tried the following command on my Mac and it worked:

npx cypress open

Upvotes: 22

Iqra.
Iqra.

Reputation: 763

This is correct and logical. In your case, on macOS, You are not installing cypress globally or adding its path in the path variable either. Therefore, if you will write cypress run it will not work and you would have to give the reference that from where it should pick it. i.e. ./node_modules/.bin/cypress open

Upvotes: 3

Dharma Krish
Dharma Krish

Reputation: 49

Try to run 

npm install

then try to run it again.

Upvotes: 1

Mr. J.
Mr. J.

Reputation: 3721

I've been trying what you are using and experimented a bit: ./node_modules/.bin/cypress open works fine by me (note the forward slashes instead of the backward slashes)

.node_modules/.bin/cypress open does not work for me (note that this is the command you use in the video, but with the replaces slashes). In your question on stackoverflow you use an extra / before the node_modules, but in your video you don't.

What also should be a possibility is opening cypress via the OSX Launcher and then selecting the automation directory.

Upvotes: 5

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