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Fails to run on Windows when eslint is installed globally.

See original GitHub issue

Environment

Node Version: v6.10.3
Eslint-Watch Version: 3.10
Eslint Version: 3.19.0

Basic Description of the problem

When running esw I get that eslint-watch cannot find eslint. The command esw will not run at all even with -h, --esw-version.

How to reproduce it

Command: esw ...
…

Debug output:

// to grab debug output set DEBUG=esw:*

      throw new Error('Eslint needs to be installed globally or locally in node_modules.');
            ^
Error: Eslint needs to be installed globally or locally in node_modules.
    at loadEslintPath (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:24:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:10:
    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\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\index.js:4:1)

Issue Analytics

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:19 (8 by maintainers)

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lucasfolinocommented, Jun 8, 2017

I am closing this since it seems to only happen on one machine.

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pklaescommented, Aug 22, 2018

Same problem here. Seems like it is looking in local, not in global. File eslint.cmd actually is in C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm

Environment: node v8.11.2 npm 5.6.0 eslint 5.4.0 (in global) eslint-watch@4.0.2 (in global)

Debug-Output (in Powershell, same in cmd) PS D:\tfs\IMSware\Mobile\IMS.IMSWARE.HelpDesk\APP.HelpDesk> $env:DEBUG=“esw:*” PS D:\tfs\IMSware\Mobile\IMS.IMSWARE.HelpDesk\APP.HelpDesk> esw -v esw:internal-settings Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access ‘D:\tfs\IMSware\Mobile\IMS.IMSWARE.HelpDesk\APP.HelpDesk\node_modules.bin\eslint.cmd’ esw:internal-settings at Object.fs.accessSync (fs.js:301:11) esw:internal-settings at accessSync (C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:16:8) esw:internal-settings at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:11:20) esw:internal-settings at Module._compile (module.js:652:30) esw:internal-settings at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:663:10) esw:internal-settings at Module.load (module.js:565:32) esw:internal-settings at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12) esw:internal-settings at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3) esw:internal-settings at Module.require (module.js:596:17) esw:internal-settings at require (internal/module.js:11:18) +0ms

C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:25 throw new Error(‘Eslint needs to be installed globally or locally in node_modules.’); ^ Error: Eslint needs to be installed globally or locally in node_modules: node_modules.bin\eslint.cmd at loadEslintPath (C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:25:13) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\settings.js:11:20) at Module._compile (module.js:652:30) at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:663:10) at Module.load (module.js:565:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3) at Module.require (module.js:596:17) at require (internal/module.js:11:18) at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\pk\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\eslint-watch\src\index.js:4:1)

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