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JavaScript Gulp Basics Welcome to Gulp.js Installing Gulp

Dehn Hunsworth
Dehn Hunsworth
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Posted by Dehn Hunsworth
Dehn Hunsworth
7,189 Points

bash: http-server: command not found

I see many similar issues from other students, I tried to read through some responses and attempt fixes on my machine. However i am unable to get http-server to run from command line.

I ran

$ which npm
/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm

$ which node
/c/Program Files/nodejs/node

then installed http-server globally as shown but bash cannot seem to see it. I am assuming there is a bad or nonexistent path in here but not too familiar with settings there. Help Please, really want to keep moving on through this track.

Also, just noticed the commits to this repo are 4 years old. Would that have any effect of bad versions clashing?

Thanks! Dehn

Dehn Hunsworth
Dehn Hunsworth
7,189 Points
Dehn Hunsworth
Dehn Hunsworth
7,189 Points

Yeah install looked good, not an expert on this area, but I believe it was something to do with the PATH. i uninstalled and reinstalled Node.js and all good now..

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Is it possible when you tried to install http-server globally there was an error and it didn't install correctly? Try again and look at the output carefully.