Angular-cli: invoking ng from $(npm bin) throws: Error: Cannot find module '../package.json'

[dastrobu]

Please provide us with the following information:

OS

macOS Sierra

Versions.

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.20-4
node: 7.1.0
os: darwin x64

Repro steps.

install angular-cli as local dependency and call

$(npm bin)/ng --version

or any other parameter. Or alternatively call directly

./node_modules/.bin/ng --version

it always gives:

module.js:474
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '../package.json'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:472:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:420:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:500:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> ([...]/node_modules/.bin/ng:8:21)
    at Module._compile (module.js:573:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:582:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:490:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:449:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:441:3)

which cannot work, obviously, since there is no package.json.

The workaround is to call ng directly via

./node_modules/angular-cli/bin/ng --version

which works.

[filipesilva]

I think is fixed now. We recently fiddled around with that logic and I can't repro on the latest version.

[zakir-hussain]

Hi,

When i run the npm install -g angular-cli command the its giving me error
module.js:472
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\zakir_jarman\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\angular-cli\bin\ng
'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:470:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:418:25)
at Module.runMain (module.js:605:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:420:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:139:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:535:3

Thanks in Advance.
Zakir Hussain

[equinox]

@zakir-hussain that should be npm install -g @angular/cli, so you'll probably want to do:

npm uninstall -g @angular/cli angular/cli
npm cache clean
npm install -g @angular/cli

If that doesn't fix it, you'll probably want to create a new issue, ensuring to fill out the template provided with reproduction steps.

[anupammaurya]

Uninstall node
Delete folder Angular folder from Appdata>>Roaming>>...

• restart
• npm i
• npm -g update npm
• npm uninstall -g @angular/cli angular/cli
• npm cache clean
• npm install -g @angular/cli

[wwebec]

As of npm@5, there should be used npm cache verify instead of npm cache clean.

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