Can't Run > npm run dev

(Ran testing steps, issue still occurred)

• Laravel Mix Version: (Returns (empty))
• Node Version v8.1.4
• NPM Version 5.0.3
• OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS in vagrant (host OS: same)

Description:

I’ve tried all the various solutions I have found online (including in other issue tickets here) and I’m still unable to get this to work in my Laravel installation.

I’m running in Vagrant, so I can easily destroy and rebuild my VM quickly, so nothing is off the table when it comes to debugging.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. Installed NodeJS using the following command (as per the NodeJS site)

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -;
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs;

1. cd /var/www/laravel
2. npm install
3. npm run dev returns the following output:

ubuntu@webdev:/var/www/laravel$ npm run dev

> @ dev /var/www/laravel
> npm run development


> @ development /var/www/laravel
> cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js

sh: 1: cross-env: not found
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! @ development: `cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the @ development script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2017-07-13T21_39_35_953Z-debug.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ dev: `npm run development`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the @ dev script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2017-07-13T21_39_35_970Z-debug.log
ubuntu@webdev:/var/www/laravel$ 

Also, the contents of /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2017-07-13T21_39_35_970Z-debug.log are:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', '/usr/bin/npm', 'run', 'dev' ]
2 info using npm@5.0.3
3 info using node@v8.1.4
4 verbose run-script [ 'predev', 'dev', 'postdev' ]
5 info lifecycle @~predev: @
6 silly lifecycle @~predev: no script for predev, continuing
7 info lifecycle @~dev: @
8 verbose lifecycle @~dev: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle @~dev: PATH: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/var/www/laravel/node_modules/.bin:/home/ubuntu/bin:/home/ubuntu/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/ubuntu/.composer/vendor/bin:/home/ubuntu/.config/composer/vendor/bin:/var/www/laravel
10 verbose lifecycle @~dev: CWD: /var/www/laravel
11 silly lifecycle @~dev: Args: [ '-c', 'npm run development' ]
12 silly lifecycle @~dev: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
13 info lifecycle @~dev: Failed to exec dev script
14 verbose stack Error: @ dev: `npm run development`
14 verbose stack Exit status 1
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:283:16)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:213:7)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14)
14 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
14 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:897:16)
14 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:208:5)
15 verbose pkgid @
16 verbose cwd /var/www/laravel
17 verbose Linux 4.4.0-83-generic
18 verbose argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "run" "dev"
19 verbose node v8.1.4
20 verbose npm  v5.0.3
21 error code ELIFECYCLE
22 error errno 1
23 error @ dev: `npm run development`
23 error Exit status 1
24 error Failed at the @ dev script.
24 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
25 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Assistance would be appreciated.

[simonecosci]

npm rebuild should solve

[benyanke]

Anyone? Surely I can’t be the only one running laravel mix on an Ubuntu Server…