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@angular/compiler-cli package was not properly installed; cannot find module @angular/compiler

See original GitHub issue

Repro steps.

ng serve

The log given by the failure.


\The "@angular/compiler-cli" package was not properly installed. Error: Error: Cannot find module '@angular/compiler'
Error: The "@angular/compiler-cli" package was not properly installed. Error: Error: Cannot find module '@angular/compiler'
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\praha\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@angular\cli\node_modules\@ngtools\webpack\src\index.js:14:11)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)

    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\praha\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@angular\cli\tasks\eject.js:10:19)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)

Desired functionality.

Start server

Mention any other details that might be useful.

tried uninstalling angular package and reinstalling it
running node version 6.11
it says typescript is required, but doesn’t install it
on meeting dependencies separately also, it doesn’t download @angular/compiler

Issue Analytics

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Created 6 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:41 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

65reactions

filipesilvacommented, Jul 31, 2017

Fixed by https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/7033.

We had a bug where ng new didn’t wait for the packages to install. Newer versions don’t suffer from this. Removing node_modules and running npm install should clear it.

29reactions

mohammed-aladicommented, Aug 27, 2017

first : npm install -g @angular/cli 2 : ng new “your project name” 3 : ng serve : erro >>> do not wrray 4 : npm install @angular/compiler-cli 5 : npm install typescript 6 : npm install @angular/cli

it is work !!

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