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chrisjlee
Asked: 2013-08-28 08:26:30 +0800 CST

Installing Grunt js on 13.04

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How does one install grunt on Ubuntu 13.04?

I've attempted to install it via NPM:

sudo npm install -g grunt

Then when i run grunt:

grunt

But it doesn't seem to work it throws an error:

path.js:313
        throw new TypeError('Arguments to path.resolve must be strings');
              ^ TypeError: Arguments to path.resolve must be strings
    at Object.exports.resolve (path.js:313:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt/bin/grunt:13:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:901:3

Here's some information about what version of node i have:

$ npm -v                                                                      
1.3.8
nodejs

3 Answers

  1. I believe you want: npm install -g grunt-cli which installs the command line tool. You install grunt (and modules) locally in each project

    Docs here to back up my words; http://gruntjs.com/getting-started

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  2. I just installed grunt from PPA. Here is a full list of steps that I had to take to get a working grunt build:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install nodejs
# remove a conflicting install of npm that I had tried earlier
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
sudo npm install -g grunt grunt-cli grunt-contrib-clean grunt-replace grunt-contrib-concat grunt-contrib-watch grunt-contrib-jasmine grunt-contrib-connect grunt-saucelabs grunt-gitinfo
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  3. Best Answer

    Looks like the error occurs when there are two versions of grunt.

    To find out if you have two versions of grunt installed you run in CLI:

    where grunt or which grunt

    If you see more than one version of grunt:

    /usr/local/bin/grunt
/usr/bin/grunt
/usr/local/bin/grunt
/usr/bin/grunt

    Then you just remove one of them:

    rm /usr/local/bin/grunt

    Wrote a post on this for more information.

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