Gitbook install/init fails

[jbaskeen]

I'm trying to install and use gitbook-cli for the first time and am seeing an issue getting it running. I've seen #68 issue but the solutions in the issue don't appear to work for me. I'm not finding any node/npm compatibility details in the docs so I'm not sure if the latest node 8 is supported. However, I'm also seeing the issues with node 6.

Commands:

node -v
npm -v
rm -rf ~/.gitbook
npm i -g gitbook-cli
gitbook --version
gitbook init

Output:

node v8.7.0
npm 5.4.2
/usr/local/bin/gitbook -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/bin/gitbook.js
+ [email protected]
added 578 packages in 8.667s
CLI version: 2.3.2
Installing GitBook 3.2.3
undefined ../../../../../var/folders/mc/22vf5c6d69ncltcmpd7vkx8w0000gn/T/tmp-90812CaAhzXdEJqUm/node_modules/gitbook
├── [email protected]
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├── undefined ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected])
└── undefined
GitBook version: 3.2.3
�[0;31mError loading version latest: Error: Cannot find module '/Users/James/.gitbook/versions/3.2.3'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:527:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:476:23)
    at Module.require (module.js:568:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/lib/local.js:103:23
    at _fulfilled (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/node_modules/q/q.js:854:54)
    at self.promiseDispatch.done (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/node_modules/q/q.js:883:30)
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/node_modules/q/q.js:816:13)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/node_modules/q/q.js:877:14
    at runSingle (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)�[0m

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[jbaskeen]

@werne2j discovered that the following steps worked

npm install -g [email protected]

cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli
rm -rf node_modules
sed -i '' "s^[email protected]^[email protected]^g" package.json
npm install

cd ~

gitbook fetch 3.2.2
cd ~/.gitbook/versions/3.2.2/
rm -rf node_modules
npm install

cd ~

mkdir test && cd test
gitbook init

[svobodaa]

Thanks this worked for me as I was also having an issue with file not found errors during the install of 3.2.2. However I did not need to rm -rf ~/.gitbook/versions/3.2.2/node_modules as it wasn't there.

@jbaskeen THANKS!

[smiled0g]

Doesn't work at all on Windows.

[jLouzado]

Is it possible it's failing cuz of nvm? I've tried everything, doesn't seem to be working

[Louis-XIV]

Doesn't work at all on Windows.

cd ~/.gitbook/version/3.2.3
npm install

it works

[terrylinooo]

cd ~/.gitbook/version/3.2.3

I do confirm this works, but the path should be:

cd ~/.gitbook/versions/3.2.3

[minhnguyenvan95]

@werne2j discovered that the following steps worked

npm install -g [email protected]

cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/gitbook-cli
rm -rf node_modules
sed -i '' "s^[email protected]^[email protected]^g" package.json
npm install

cd ~

gitbook fetch 3.2.2
cd ~/.gitbook/versions/3.2.2/
rm -rf node_modules
npm install

cd ~

mkdir test && cd test
gitbook init

this save me