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JavaScript Transpiling with Standalone Babel CLI

Jeff Chiu
Jeff Chiu
465 Points
Posted by Jeff Chiu
Jeff Chiu
465 Points

error in terminal: webpack is not found

I have problem following through the lesson on webpack lesson I run the command in my terminal (zsh) npm run build

I copy my commands and the return error message after I type in my terminal: āžœ babel-workshop git:(webpack-lesson) āœ— npm run build

treehouse-babel-template@0.0.1 build /Users/jchiu/Desktop/javascript/babel-workshop webpack

sh: webpack: command not found

npm ERR! Darwin 16.1.0 npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "build" npm ERR! node v4.4.3 npm ERR! npm v2.15.1 npm ERR! file sh npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno ENOENT npm ERR! syscall spawn npm ERR! treehouse-babel-template@0.0.1 build: webpack npm ERR! spawn ENOENT npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the treehouse-babel-template@0.0.1 build script 'webpack'. npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the treehouse-babel-template package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! webpack npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs treehouse-babel-template npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm ERR! npm owner ls treehouse-babel-template npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /Users/jchiu/Desktop/javascript/babel-workshop/npm-debug.log āžœ babel-workshop git:(webpack-lesson) āœ—

Please help me to resolve this issue

Jeff Chiu
Jeff Chiu
465 Points
Jeff Chiu
Jeff Chiu
465 Points

I also followed the tutorial and input the build script into my package.json

{ "name": "treehouse-babel-template", "version": "0.0.1", "description": "Project template for \"Getting Started with Babel and ES2015\" on Treehouse.", "scripts": { "build": "babel src -d build"
}, "homepage": "https://github.com/treehouse/Babel_IsaacLeeMorris" }

I'm pretty sure there's no typo "babel src -d build"

I'm not sure why build script is not running.