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ESLint Bug: extended config does not work with globally installed eslint

See original GitHub issue

When running lint (eslint .) from a globally installed version of eslint (npm install -g eslint) you will get the following error. This appears to be a problem with ESLint itself.

package.json

dependencies: {
  "eslint-config-defaults": "^7.x.x",
  "eslint": "^1.10.3"
}

eslint .
/Users/ebaer/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/lib/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:332
            throw e;
            ^

Error: Cannot read config package: eslint-config-defaults/configurations/walmart/es6-browser
Error: Cannot find module 'eslint-config-defaults/configurations/walmart/es6-browser'
Referenced from: /Users/ebaer/dev/tmp/builder-test/.eslintrc
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:327:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:278:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:355:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:13:17)
    at loadPackage (/Users/ebaer/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/lib/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:168:16)
    at loadConfigFile (/Users/ebaer/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/lib/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:212:18)
    at load (/Users/ebaer/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/lib/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:385:18)
    at /Users/ebaer/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/lib/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:326:36
    at Array.reduceRight (native)
    at applyExtends (/Users/ebaer/.nvm/versions/node/v5.2.0/lib/node_modules/eslint/lib/config/config-file.js:309:28)

Workarounds:

Run the version of eslint inside your project’s node_modules: ./node_modules/.bin/eslint .
Use npm scripts since they automatically check local node_modules first: npm run lint

scripts: {
  "lint": "eslint ."
}

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 8 years ago
Comments:12 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

9reactions

j492commented, Nov 8, 2016

try this npm install --save eslint-config-defaults

9reactions

LordDelacroixcommented, Aug 19, 2016

Yes, it’s still a problem

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