gulp cannot run with npm 4.6.1+

[tom10271]

node -v:
v6.10.1

npm -v:
4.6.1

To run: gulp

[15:36:21] Using gulpfile ~/Sites/MyApp/gulpfile.js
[15:36:21] Starting 'sass'...
[15:36:21] Finished 'sass' after 28 ms
[15:36:21] Starting 'sprite'...
[15:36:21] Finished 'sprite' after 13 ms
[15:36:21] Starting 'typescript'...
[15:36:23] Finished 'typescript' after 1.73 s
[15:36:23] Starting 'default'...
[15:36:23] Finished 'default' after 3.48 μs

With npm 5.0.1 or 5.0.4 (tested these 2 versionS only) using node v6.10.1. It returns error messages:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/semver/semver.js:295
    throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version);
    ^

TypeError: Invalid Version: https://registry.npmjs.org/gulp/-/gulp-3.9.1.tgz
    at new SemVer (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/semver/semver.js:295:11)
    at SemVer.compare (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/semver/semver.js:348:13)
    at compare (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/semver/semver.js:571:31)
    at Function.gt (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/semver/semver.js:600:10)
    at Liftoff.handleArguments (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js:99:14)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/liftoff/index.js:198:16)
    at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/flagged-respawn/index.js:17:3)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/liftoff/index.js:190:9)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/liftoff/index.js:164:9
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/v8flags/index.js:110:14

I have tried to run node ./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp -v then run node ./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp but still nor working.

However if I install node module with yarn, it works:

rm -rf ./node_modules
yarn
gulp

[webfrontzhifei]

is any other solutions?

[slx2005]

npm: 5.0.3
node: v8.1.2
gulp: CLI version 1.2.2
gulp: Local version 4.0.0-alpha.2

I had the error with semver.js, turns out the the package-lock.json file in our repo was way off from what it should have been, the content it generated was completely wrong.

Try deleting your node_modules/ folder as well as your package-lock.json, then npm cache clean --force and finally npm install

[phated]

Npm issue, not gulp.

[slackday]

Weird stuff had the same issue. Using yarn instead of npm install works, if you have the possibility to use that instead.