Error: Gulp Runner: Could not locate executable.

[jitesh88]

What You Are Seeing?

Error: Cake.Core.CakeException: Gulp Runner: Could not locate executable.

What is Expected?

Gulp to work on the required task

What version of Cake are you using?

0.21.1

Are you running on a 32 or 64 bit system?

64

What environment are you running on? Windows? Linux? Mac?

Windows

Are you running on a CI Server? If so, which one?

bamboo

How Did You Get This To Happen? (Steps to Reproduce)

#tool "nuget:?package=NUnit.ConsoleRunner&version=3.9.0"
#tool "nuget:?package=OpenCover&version=4.6.519"
#tool "nuget:?package=ReportGenerator&version=4.0.11"
#addin "Cake.FileHelpers&version=1.0.4"
#addin "Cake.XdtTransform&version=0.11.0"
#addin "Cake.Gulp&version=0.7.1"
#addin "Cake.Npm&version=0.11.0"
Task("Restore-NuGet-Packages")
.Does(() =>
{
NuGetRestore(_solutionPath);
});

Task("NpmInstall")
.Does(() =>
{
NpmInstall(settings => settings.FromPath(_hostPath));
});

Task("Gulp")
.IsDependentOn("NpmInstall")
.Does(() =>
{
Gulp.Global.Execute(settings => settings.WithGulpFile(_gulpFile).WithArguments("build-app"));
Gulp.Global.Execute(settings => settings.WithGulpFile(_gulpFile).WithArguments("build-less"));
});

Output Log

========================================
Gulp

Executing task: Gulp
An error occurred when executing task 'Gulp'.
Error: Cake.Core.CakeException: Gulp Runner: Could not locate executable.
at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool1.RunProcess(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings) at Cake.Core.Tooling.Tool1.Run(TSettings settings, ProcessArgumentBuilder arguments, ProcessSettings processSettings, Action1 postAction) at Cake.Gulp.GulpGlobalRunner.Execute(Action1 configure)
at Submission#0.<.ctor>b__11()
at Cake.Core.ActionTask.Execute(ICakeContext context)
at Cake.Core.DefaultExecutionStrategy.Execute(CakeTask task, ICakeContext context)
at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.ExecuteTask(ICakeContext context, IExecutionStrategy strategy, Stopwatch stopWatch, CakeTask task, CakeReport report)
at Cake.Core.CakeEngine.RunTarget(ICakeContext context, IExecutionStrategy strategy, String target)
at Cake.Scripting.BuildScriptHost.RunTarget(String target)
at Submission#0..ctor(Session session, Object& submissionResult)
at Submission#0.(Session session)
at Roslyn.Scripting.CommonScriptEngine.Execute[T](String code, String path, DiagnosticBag diagnostics, Session session, Boolean isInteractive)
at Roslyn.Scripting.Session.Execute(String code)
at Cake.Core.Scripting.ScriptRunner.Run(IScriptHost host, FilePath scriptPath, IDictionary`2 arguments)
at Cake.Commands.BuildCommand.Execute(CakeOptions options)
at Cake.CakeApplication.Run(CakeOptions options)
at Cake.Program.Main()

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[gep13]

@jitesh88 do you have gulp installed globally on the machine that you are executing this script from? If not, then I don't think it is going to work.

[jitesh88]

yes ive tried installing it globally and also locally

i ran npm install -g gulp and npm install gulp

still no luck.

i have spent literally the whole day trying to debug this. finally gave up and decided to post here for some help.

[pascalberger]

@jitesh88 You'll need to install the gulp command line utility:

npm install --global gulp-cli