gulpInst.start.apply(gulpInst, toRun); TypeError: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined

I have the following entry in my package.json file “gulp”: “github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0”

i ran npm install -g “gulpjs/gulp-cli#4.0” and it gives me and error fatal: ambiguous argument '4.0': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.

Here is the error I get when I run gulp **gulp [02:49:31] Using gulpfile ~/Documents/XXXX/gulpfile.js /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js:129 gulpInst.start.apply(gulpInst, toRun); ^

TypeError: Cannot read property ‘apply’ of undefined at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js:129:19 at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9) at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:577:11) at startup (node.js:160:18) at node.js:449:3**

Also The Output for gulp -v gulp -v [02:55:57] CLI version 3.9.1 [02:55:57] Local version 4.0.0-alpha.2

[phated]

Please read the docs: https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp/blob/master/docs/getting-started.md

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[postor]

use local gulp-cli can make it run node ./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js