Laravel Mix npm run dev error

• Laravel Mix Version: 1.4.2 (npm list --depth=0)
• Node Version (node -v): v8.2.1
• NPM Version (npm -v): 5.3.0
• OS: Debian 8

Description:

When I’m running the command npm run dev, I’m getting the following output with an error:

root@gra2-status:/var/www/webinterface# npm run dev

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


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

events.js:182
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js ENOENT
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1024:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:192:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:374:16)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:607:11)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:158:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:575:3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
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! Exit status 1
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 ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-07-29T07_18_17_185Z-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 ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2017-07-29T07_18_17_205Z-debug.log

Steps To Reproduce:

Clean Laravel Installation ( composer create-project laravel/laravel webinterface)

1. run: composer install
2. run: npm install
3. run: npm run dev

[JeffreyWay]

I just followed those steps, and everything worked correctly. Try doing a full reset:

rm -rf node_modules
rm package-lock.json yarn.lock
npm cache clear --force
npm install

[fulopattila122]

These javascript tools tend to remind me to good old Windows:

• are present everywhere
• everybody uses them
• they cannot be avoided
• they throw seemingly random errors
• no one knows the real cause of the errors
• reset resolves them.

🎢