version undefined after npm install #1088

albertjan · 2015-06-03T17:53:30Z

Also reported over at @projectkudu projectkudu/kudu#1573

The first time after we do npm install we see this error:

\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:281
    throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version);
          ^
TypeError: Invalid Version: undefined
    at new SemVer (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:281:11)
    at SemVer.compare (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:348:13)
    at compare (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:571:31)
    at Function.gt (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:600:10)
    at Liftoff.handleArguments (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:99:14)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:192:16)
    at module.exports (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\node_modules\flagged-respawn\index.js:17:3)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:185:9)
    at D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:159:9
    at D:\home\site\repository\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags\index.js:79:12

If we run gulp --version before gulp it works.

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phated · 2015-06-03T19:26:09Z

Looks to be related to an old version gulp.

albertjan · 2015-06-03T19:28:29Z

No I installed gulp 3.9.0 locally and ran node node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js and got the same result.

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phated · 2015-06-03T19:40:07Z

why are you running the bin with node? Only executing the bin is supported

albertjan · 2015-06-03T20:04:54Z

Why did you close the issue. Even if i edit the path on my azure machine and run gulp.cmd from appdata npm packages i have the same issue.

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tkellen · 2015-06-03T20:23:40Z

I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you paste the output of this please?

node -v
npm -v
mkdir test
cd test
npm install gulp
touch gulpfile.js
node node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp

albertjan · 2015-06-03T20:44:46Z

Will do tomorrow morning. :)

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I'm not able to reproduce this. Can you paste the output of this please?

node -v
npm -v
mkdir test
cd test
npm install gulp
touch gulpfile.js
node node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp
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albertjan · 2015-06-04T13:13:55Z

Yeah it became the afternoon 😄 here we go:

PS D:\home\> mkdir gulp-test


    Directory: D:\home


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                              
----                -------------     ------ ----                              
d----          6/4/2015   1:09 PM            gulp-test                         


PS D:\home> cd gulp-test
PS D:\home\gulp-test> node -v
v0.12.2
PS D:\home\gulp-test> npm -v
2.7.4
PS D:\home\gulp-test> npm install gulp
gulp@3.9.0 node_modules\gulp
â”œâ”€â”€ pretty-hrtime@1.0.0
â”œâ”€â”€ interpret@0.6.2
â”œâ”€â”€ deprecated@0.0.1
â”œâ”€â”€ archy@1.0.0
â”œâ”€â”€ tildify@1.0.0 (user-home@1.1.1)
â”œâ”€â”€ v8flags@2.0.5 (user-home@1.1.1)
â”œâ”€â”€ minimist@1.1.1
â”œâ”€â”€ chalk@1.0.0 (escape-string-regexp@1.0.3, ansi-styles@2.0.1, supports-color@1.3.1, strip-ansi@2.0.1, has-ansi@1.0.3)
â”œâ”€â”€ orchestrator@0.3.7 (stream-consume@0.1.0, sequencify@0.0.7, end-of-stream@0.1.5)
â”œâ”€â”€ semver@4.3.6
â”œâ”€â”€ gulp-util@3.0.5 (array-differ@1.0.0, array-uniq@1.0.2, lodash._reevaluate@3.0.0, beeper@1.1.0, lodash._reescape@3.0.0, lodash._reinterpolate@3.0.0, object-assign@2.1.0, replace-ext@0.0.1, vinyl@0.4.6, lodash.template@3.6.1, through2@0.6.5, multipipe@0.1.2, dateformat@1.0.11)
â”œâ”€â”€ liftoff@2.1.0 (extend@2.0.1, rechoir@0.6.1, flagged-respawn@0.3.1, resolve@1.1.6, findup-sync@0.2.1)
â””â”€â”€ vinyl-fs@0.3.13 (graceful-fs@3.0.8, strip-bom@1.0.0, defaults@1.0.2, vinyl@0.4.6, mkdirp@0.5.1, through2@0.6.5, glob-stream@3.1.18, glob-watcher@0.0.6)
PS D:\home\gulp-test> echo $null >> gulpfile.js
PS D:\home\gulp-test> node .\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp
D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:281
    throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version);
          ^
TypeError: Invalid Version: undefined
    at new SemVer (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:281:11)
    at SemVer.compare (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:348:13)
    at compare (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:571:31)
    at Function.gt (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:600:10)
    at Liftoff.handleArguments (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:99:14)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:192:16)
    at module.exports (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\node_modules\flagged-respawn\index.js:17:3)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:185:9)
    at D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:159:9
    at D:\home\gulp-test\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags\index.js:79:12
PS D:\home\gulp-test>

albertjan · 2015-06-04T13:17:07Z

Then when I run this:

PS D:\home\gulp-test> node .\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp -v
[13:15:10] CLI version 3.9.0
[13:15:10] Local version 3.9.0
PS D:\home\gulp-test> node .\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp
[13:15:31] Using gulpfile D:\home\gulp-test\gulpfile.js
[13:15:33] Task 'default' is not in your gulpfile
[13:15:33] Please check the documentation for proper gulpfile formatting

gulp magically fixes it self 😄

tkellen · 2015-06-04T20:25:33Z

Still unable to reproduce this.

C:\Users\Test> node -v
v0.12.4
C:\Users\Test> npm -v
2.10.1
C:\Users\Test> cd blah
C:\Users\Test\blah> npm install gulp
gulp@3.9.0 node_modules\gulp
├── pretty-hrtime@1.0.0
├── interpret@0.6.2
├── deprecated@0.0.1
├── archy@1.0.0
├── minimist@1.1.1
├── tildify@1.0.0 (user-home@1.1.1)
├── v8flags@2.0.5 (user-home@1.1.1)
├── semver@4.3.6
├── chalk@1.0.0 (escape-string-regexp@1.0.3, ansi-styles@2.0.1, supports-color@1
.3.1, strip-ansi@2.0.1, has-ansi@1.0.3)
├── orchestrator@0.3.7 (stream-consume@0.1.0, sequencify@0.0.7, end-of-stream@0.
1.5)
├── gulp-util@3.0.5 (array-differ@1.0.0, object-assign@2.0.0, array-uniq@1.0.2,
beeper@1.1.0, lodash._reevaluate@3.0.0, lodash._reescape@3.0.0, lodash._reinterp
olate@3.0.0, replace-ext@0.0.1, vinyl@0.4.6, lodash.template@3.6.1, through2@0.6
.5, multipipe@0.1.2, dateformat@1.0.11)
├── liftoff@2.1.0 (extend@2.0.1, rechoir@0.6.1, flagged-respawn@0.3.1, resolve@1
.1.6, findup-sync@0.2.1)
└── vinyl-fs@0.3.13 (graceful-fs@3.0.8, strip-bom@1.0.0, defaults@1.0.2, vinyl@0
.4.6, mkdirp@0.5.1, glob-stream@3.1.18, through2@0.6.5, glob-watcher@0.0.6)
C:\Users\Test\blah> echo $null >> gulpfile.js
C:\Users\Test\blah> node .\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js
[16:21:45] Using gulpfile ~\blah\gulpfile.js
[16:21:45] Task 'default' is not in your gulpfile
[16:21:45] Please check the documentation for proper gulpfile formatting
C:\Users\Test\blah>

What shell are you using? I'm using PowerShell above.

albertjan · 2015-06-05T06:42:35Z

Using powershell as well

PS D:\home> echo $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value                                           
----                           -----                                           
PSVersion                      3.0                                             
WSManStackVersion              3.0                                             
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1                                         
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.36213                                 
BuildVersion                   6.2.9200.17065                                  
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}                                 
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2

albertjan · 2015-06-05T06:59:58Z

It's apparently not a very wide spread issue. And I've found a work around. @tkellen thanks for looking into it! On another machine where the only difference is the powershell version it also works.

roddharris · 2015-07-13T12:54:14Z

@albertjan what was your work around? I'm having the same issue (except this is on my local machine and not Azure). I have to run gulp -v each time before I run gulp in order for it to work.

albertjan · 2015-07-13T18:19:26Z

@roddharris that was my work around. 😄

jaden · 2015-07-17T03:11:57Z

I was getting the same error, but due to a slightly different problem. I had gulp installed globally but not locally. That doesn't seem to be @albertjan's issue, but in case anyone else is running into this issue or if it sheds some light on the other issue, here's what I was seeing.

With gulp installed globally, running gulp when it's not installed in node_modules consistently produces the error. Running npm install gulp resolves the issue.

To illustrate:

PS D:\dev> node -v
v0.12.7
PS D:\dev> npm -v
2.11.3
PS D:\dev> gulp -v
[23:10:27] CLI version 3.9.0
PS D:\dev> mkdir test


    Directory: D:\dev


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----     7/16/2015 Thu     23:10            test


PS D:\dev> cd test
PS D:\dev\test> touch gulpfile.js
PS D:\dev\test> gulp
D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:281
    throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version);
          ^
TypeError: Invalid Version: undefined
    at new SemVer (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:281:11)
    at SemVer.compare (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:348:13)
    at compare (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:571:31)
    at Function.gt (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver.js:600:10)
    at Liftoff.handleArguments (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:99:14)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:192:16)
    at module.exports (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\node_modules\flagged-respawn\index.js:17:3)
    at Liftoff.<anonymous> (D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:185:9)
    at D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:159:9
    at D:\Dev\nodejs\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flags\index.js:91:14

And the fix:

PS D:\dev\test> npm install gulp
gulp@3.9.0 node_modules\gulp
├── pretty-hrtime@1.0.0
├── interpret@0.6.4
├── deprecated@0.0.1
├── archy@1.0.0
├── minimist@1.1.1
├── tildify@1.1.0 (os-homedir@1.0.0)
├── v8flags@2.0.9 (user-home@1.1.1)
├── semver@4.3.6
├── chalk@1.1.0 (escape-string-regexp@1.0.3, ansi-styles@2.1.0, supports-color@2.0.0, has-ansi@2.0.0, strip-ansi@3.0.0)
├── orchestrator@0.3.7 (stream-consume@0.1.0, sequencify@0.0.7, end-of-stream@0.1.5)
├── liftoff@2.1.0 (extend@2.0.1, rechoir@0.6.1, flagged-respawn@0.3.1, resolve@1.1.6, findup-sync@0.2.1)
├── vinyl-fs@0.3.13 (graceful-fs@3.0.8, defaults@1.0.2, strip-bom@1.0.0, vinyl@0.4.6, mkdirp@0.5.1, through2@0.6.5, glob
-stream@3.1.18, glob-watcher@0.0.6)
└── gulp-util@3.0.6 (array-differ@1.0.0, array-uniq@1.0.2, beeper@1.1.0, lodash._reevaluate@3.0.0, lodash._reinterpolate
@3.0.0, lodash._reescape@3.0.0, object-assign@3.0.0, replace-ext@0.0.1, vinyl@0.5.0, lodash.template@3.6.2, through2@2.0
.0, multipipe@0.1.2, dateformat@1.0.11)
PS D:\dev\test> gulp
[23:11:39] Using gulpfile D:\dev\test\gulpfile.js
[23:11:40] Task 'default' is not in your gulpfile
[23:11:40] Please check the documentation for proper gulpfile formatting

ghost · 2015-09-04T17:18:27Z

I can't seem to resolve this issue and have tried all of these work arounds.
running node .\node_modules\gulp\gin\gulp -v only returns
[11:15:49] CLI version 3.9.0

then I try to npm install gulp or npm install --save-dev gulp and still get
C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\semver\semver
.js:281
throw new TypeError('Invalid Version: ' + version);
^
TypeError: Invalid Version: undefined
at new SemVer (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_mo
dules\semver\semver.js:281:11)
at SemVer.compare (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\nod
e_modules\semver\semver.js:348:13)
at compare (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modul
es\semver\semver.js:571:31)
at Function.gt (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_m
odules\semver\semver.js:600:10)
at Liftoff.handleArguments (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules
\gulp\bin\gulp.js:99:14)
at Liftoff. (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gul
p\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:192:16)
at module.exports (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\nod
e_modules\liftoff\node_modules\flagged-respawn\index.js:17:3)
at Liftoff. (C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gul
p\node_modules\liftoff\index.js:185:9)
at C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\liftof
f\index.js:159:9
at C:\Users\137124\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\v8flag
s\index.js:99:14

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