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DougFromAccounting
DougFromAccounting

Reputation: 17

Grunt not installed, but already exists

I am trying to set up grunt for a web build. When I run npm install -g grunt-cli I get the following error:

npm ERR! EEXIST: file already exists, symlink '../lib/node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt' -> '/usr/local/bin/grunt'

But if I try to run a grunt talk, I get this error:

-bash: grunt: command not found

I have tried uninstalling grunt with npm uninstall -g grunt-cli but it does nothing. I'm at a loss here. How do I remove that version of grunt (that somehow doesn't exist) and reinstall globally?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 736

Answers (1)

user216
user216

Reputation: 156

Try to add grunt-cli to your PATH after you run npm install -g grunt-cli:

touch ~/.bash_profile
nano .bash_profile

and add this line in the end:

export PATH=/usr/local/share/npm/lib/node_modules/grunt-cli/bin:$PATH

and run:

source ~/.bash_profile
grunt --version

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/grunt-command-not-found/

Upvotes: 1

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