Semantic-ui: [Build Tools] Error running setup on Windows 10

Created on 16 Jul 2016 · 25Comments · Source: Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI

$ npm install semantic-ui --save-dev
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Please use gulp-clean-css
npm WARN excluding symbolic link tests\withsymlinks\.hidden -> ../shown/.hidden
npm WARN excluding symbolic link tests\withsymlinks\bar.txt -> ../shown/bar.txt
npm WARN excluding symbolic link tests\withsymlinks\.hidden -> ../shown/.hidden
npm WARN excluding symbolic link tests\withsymlinks\bar.txt -> ../shown/bar.txt
npm WARN prefer global [email protected] should be installed with -g

> [email protected] install C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\semantic-ui
> gulp install

[17:13:23] Using gulpfile ~\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\semantic-ui\gulpfile.js
[17:13:23] Starting 'install'...
[17:13:23] Starting 'run setup'...
? Set-up Semantic UI (Use arrow keys)
> Automatic (Use defaults locations and all components)
  Express (Set components and output folder)
  Custom (Customize all src/dist values) [17:13:23] 'run setup' errored after 52 ms
[17:13:23] SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier.
    at new RegExp (native)
    at breakLines (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\utils\screen-manager.js:108:15)
    at ScreenManager.render (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\utils\screen-manager.js:55:22)
    at Prompt.render (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\list.js:103:15)
    at Prompt._run (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\list.js:74:8)
    at Prompt.run (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\base.js:57:8)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\ui\prompt.js:84:12)
    at module.exports (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\run-async\index.js:15:21)
    at AnonymousObservable.__subscribe (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\utils\utils.js:16:7)
    at AnonymousObservable.tryCatcher (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\rx-lite\rx.lite.js:63:31)
[17:13:23] 'install' errored after 59 ms
[17:13:23] SyntaxError in plugin 'run-sequence(run setup)'
Message:
    Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier.
Stack:
SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier.
    at new RegExp (native)
    at breakLines (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\utils\screen-manager.js:108:15)
    at ScreenManager.render (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\utils\screen-manager.js:55:22)
    at Prompt.render (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\list.js:103:15)
    at Prompt._run (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\list.js:74:8)
    at Prompt.run (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\prompts\base.js:57:8)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\ui\prompt.js:84:12)
    at module.exports (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\run-async\index.js:15:21)
    at AnonymousObservable.__subscribe (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\inquirer\lib\utils\utils.js:16:7)
    at AnonymousObservable.tryCatcher (C:\Users\Francis\Documents\PHPStorm\BabyShowers\node_modules\rx-lite\rx.lite.js:63:31)

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Francismori7

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I've maybe found a solution. Actually I was running npm through Git Bash, so I tried to run it again with the cmd (with administrator privileges) and It worked...

TZK- on 16 Nov 2016

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All 25 comments

Same problem on Win7. No success with v2.2.0, but 2.1.8 works.
The error happens after

Automatic (Use defaults locations and all components)
Express (Set components and output folder)
Custom (Customize all src/dist values)

is printed but before any user interaction (did not press ENTER)

Clindbergh on 18 Jul 2016

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I can replicate this in Ubuntu 16.04 with this Dockerfile:

FROM ubuntu:16.04

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential curl
RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | bash -
RUN apt-get install -y nodejs
RUN npm install -g gulp
RUN npm install [email protected]

And the fix, as @Clindbergh mentioned, is to use 2.1.8 instead.

gak on 28 Jul 2016

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I work primarily in 16.04 and havent run into this issue, but I'll try to replicate.

jlukic on 29 Jul 2016

The same error on win10, node.js 6:

? Set-up Semantic UI (Use arrow keys)
Automatic (Use defaults locations and all components)
Express (Set components and output folder)
Custom (Customize all src/dist values) [18:34:16] 'run setup' errored after 45 ms
[18:34:16] SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier
at RegExp (native)
at breakLines (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibutilsscreen-manager.js:108:15)
at ScreenManager.render (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibutilsscreen-manager.js:55:22)
at Prompt.render (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibpromptslist.js:103:15)
at Prompt._run (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibpromptslist.js:74:8)
at Prompt.run (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibpromptsbase.js:57:8)
at Object. (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibuiprompt.js:84:12)
at module.exports (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesrun-asyncindex.js:15:21)
at AnonymousObservable.__subscribe (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesinquirerlibutilsutils.js:16:7)
at AnonymousObservable.tryCatcher (E:My_ProjectsJavaWork_Space_For_IDEAeefungeefung-website-nodejsnode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:63:31)
[18:34:16] 'install' errored after 51 ms
[18:34:16] SyntaxError in plugin 'run-sequence(run s

XuJinNet on 1 Aug 2016

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Same error, Running on windows 10, I've tried multiple version of Node from 2.X to 6.X all give me same error.

fsbahman on 25 Aug 2016

👍4

Same indeed.. Running Windows 10

brianveltman on 25 Aug 2016

Also on Windows 10, same error. Version 2.1.8 does allow me to install but doesn't allow me to use the arrow keys to change configuration settings.

I am using git bash with the standard settings.

DrowningElysium on 28 Aug 2016

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SUI 2.2.4 seems to work fine on Windows 10. Older versions are failing.

brianveltman on 29 Aug 2016

2.2.4 installation still fails on win10
readline.js:925
throw err;
^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
at Prompt.render (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirerlibpromptslist.js:95:69)
at Prompt.onSubmit (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirerlibpromptslist.js:116:8)
at AnonymousObserver.Rx.AnonymousObserver.AnonymousObserver.next (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:1535:12)
at AnonymousObserver.Rx.internals.AbstractObserver.AbstractObserver.onNext (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:1469:31)
at AnonymousObserver.tryCatcher (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:63:31)
at AutoDetachObserverPrototype.next (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:5782:51)
at AutoDetachObserver.Rx.internals.AbstractObserver.AbstractObserver.onNext (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:1469:31)
at AnonymousObserver._onNext (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:4234:13)
at AnonymousObserver.Rx.AnonymousObserver.AnonymousObserver.next (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:1535:12)
at AnonymousObserver.Rx.internals.AbstractObserver.AbstractObserver.onNext (D:WORKforboOFnode_modulessemantic-uinode_modulesgulp-promptnode_modulesinquirernode_modulesrx-literx.lite.js:1469:31)
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586
npm ERR! argv "C:Program Filesnodejsnode.exe" "C:Program Filesnodejsnode_modulesnpmbinnpm-cli.js" "install" "semantic-ui"
npm ERR! node v4.4.7
npm ERR! npm v2.15.8
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! [email protected] install: gulp install
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script 'gulp install'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the semantic-ui package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! gulp install
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs semantic-ui
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!
npm ERR! npm owner ls semantic-ui
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! D:WORKforboOFnpm-debug.log
npm-debug.txt

ValeriaVG on 4 Sep 2016

Same error on Windows 8 / 2012.
Still no fix ?

TZK- on 4 Oct 2016

Same here when it runs setup after Is this your project folder?

Windows 10 throws

readline.js:930 throw err; ^ TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

jkramp on 9 Oct 2016

I've maybe found a solution. Actually I was running npm through Git Bash, so I tried to run it again with the cmd (with administrator privileges) and It worked...

TZK- on 16 Nov 2016

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I think that I've tracked this down:

[email protected] is depends on [email protected]
[email protected] depends on cli-width and 0.10.1 version don't handle correctly when cli-width returns 0 in some environments;

Inspecting the cli-width library I've noticed that it look for an environment variable named CLI_WIDTH. So the fix is just set this variable to a number greater than 1.

saulobrito on 20 Nov 2016

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Seems like that gulp-prompt is no longer maintained. There are many users reporting the same failure and several forks that all update to the newer inquirer

mrkam on 15 Dec 2016

After several failed attempts I managed to successfully install semantic ui on windows 10.
I'm not sure if the 2nd step helped or not but these are the adjustment I made:

1) run cmd in administrative mode;
2) set the answer to "Should we set permissions on outputted files" to no;

bluesinsoul on 17 Jan 2017

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I had the same problem with 2.2.7 in Red Hat 7. Step 2 in the previous comment solved it for me. No need to run as admin/sudo.

mittinatten on 26 Jan 2017

I have same issue on Win 10. There are 2 ways how to run npm install:

downgrade Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI from current 2.2.7 to 2.1.8
or run npm install on version 2.2.7 from cmd but as Administrator

Mariyo on 10 Feb 2017

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downgrad to 2.1.8 works, but any other fix?

WangNingning1994 on 10 Mar 2017

@TZK- worked for me thx

hitminxuanwang on 21 Mar 2017

Still have same issue in Docker and node:latest image:

> [email protected] install /usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui
> gulp install

[10:46:23] Using gulpfile /usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/gulpfile.js
[10:46:23] Starting 'install'...
[10:46:23] Starting 'run setup'...
? Set-up Semantic UI (Use arrow keys)
❯ Automatic (Use defaults locations and all components)
  Express (Set components and output folder)
  Custom (Customize all src/dist values) [10:46:23] 'run setup' errored after 23 ms
[10:46:23] SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier
    at new RegExp (<anonymous>)
    at breakLines (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js:108:15)
    at module.exports.ScreenManager.render (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js:55:22)
    at Prompt.render (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/prompts/list.js:103:15)
    at Prompt._run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/prompts/list.js:74:8)
    at Prompt.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/prompts/base.js:57:8)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js:84:12)
    at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/run-async/index.js:15:21)
    at AnonymousObservable.__subscribe (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/utils/utils.js:16:7)
    at AnonymousObservable.tryCatcher (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/rx-lite/rx.lite.js:63:31)
[10:46:23] 'install' errored after 26 ms
[10:46:23] SyntaxError in plugin 'run-sequence(run setup)'
Message:
    Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier
Stack:
SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /.{1,0}/: numbers out of order in {} quantifier
    at new RegExp (<anonymous>)
    at breakLines (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js:108:15)
    at module.exports.ScreenManager.render (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/utils/screen-manager.js:55:22)
    at Prompt.render (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/prompts/list.js:103:15)
    at Prompt._run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/prompts/list.js:74:8)
    at Prompt.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/prompts/base.js:57:8)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/ui/prompt.js:84:12)
    at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/run-async/index.js:15:21)
    at AnonymousObservable.__subscribe (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/inquirer/lib/utils/utils.js:16:7)
    at AnonymousObservable.tryCatcher (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/semantic-ui/node_modules/rx-lite/rx.lite.js:63:31)

soar on 14 May 2017

I have the same error!!! I use git bash, but I can not solve this problem. From the error, it shows regex in inquirer.js. I run "npm update inquirer", this error disappears but I encounter other problem.

Then I use the cmd as an administrator. But still get regex error. I run "npm update inquirer", next "npm install semantic-ui", it works!

OS: win10 x64
git bash: can not solve this error
cmd(admin): "npm install semantic-ui"------>"npm update inquirer"--------->"npm install semantic-ui" --------> it works

guaguawa on 21 Jun 2017

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I just tested on Windows 10 command prompt, and Ubuntu 16.04, and was able to install correctly without issue.

Confirmed working for me
Windows - NPM 5.0.4 and Node 6.9.1
Ubuntu - NPM 5.0.4 and Node 7.10.0

jlukic on 2 Jul 2017

This seems to happen to me only in git bash, using windows cmd (bahh) I get no errors.

gotenxds on 2 Jul 2017

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Also got this working from PowerShell but not git bash.

johot on 10 Jul 2017

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