How to install the local version of GULP the same as the global one?

Question

gulp.js

In general, I'm trying to do a sass compilation using gulp. I already did it on a couple of servers, the gulpfile.js code is working. But on this server, running gulp-sass fails.

/usr/lib/nodejs/gulp/bin/gulp.js:132
    gulpInst.start.apply(gulpInst, toRun);
                   ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined
    at /usr/lib/nodejs/gulp/bin/gulp.js:132:20
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:695:11)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:609:3ons..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)

Googled it. They write that the problem is in the difference between the global version of gulp and the local one. And it's true. I run gulp -v and get:

[20:40:35] CLI version 3.9.1
[20:40:35] Local version 4.0.2

Tried to upgrade global gulp to version 4 with npm install [email protected] . But it gives out:

npm ERR! Linux 4.15.0-72-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "[email protected]"
npm ERR! node v8.10.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2

npm ERR! No compatible version found: [email protected]
npm ERR! Valid install targets:
npm ERR! 4.0.2, 4.0.1, 4.0.0, 3.9.1, 3.9.0, 3.8.11, 3.8.10, 3.8.9, 3.8.8, 3.8.7, 3.8.6, 3.8.5, 3.8.4, 3.8.3, 3.8.2, 3.8.1, 3.8.0, 3.7.0, 3.6.2, 3.6.1, 3.6.0, 3.5.6, 3.5.5, 3.5.2, 3.5.1, 3.5.0, 3.4.0, 3.3.4, 3.3.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.0, 3.2.5, 3.2.4, 3.2.3, 3.2.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.0, 3.1.4, 3.1.3, 3.1.2, 3.1.1, 3.0.0, 2.7.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.0, 2.3.0, 2.2.0, 2.1.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.0, 1.1.0, 1.0.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0, 0.0.9, 0.0.8, 0.0.7, 0.0.5, 0.0.4, 0.0.3, 0.0.2, 0.0.1
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /var/www/html/local/wp-content/themes/local/npm-debug.log

How to be? How to connect the global and local versions?))
If you type gulp :

/usr/lib/nodejs/gulp/bin/gulp.js:132
    gulpInst.start.apply(gulpInst, toRun);
                   ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'apply' of undefined
    at /usr/lib/nodejs/gulp/bin/gulp.js:132:20
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:695:11)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:609:3

Answer 1

gulp doesn't have a next tag

npm dist-tag ls gulp
latest: 4.0.2

Accordingly, you can install either by tag [email protected]or by version Well, you need to install it globally with the -g [email protected]
flag, and given the location of the global package, you will most likely need root rights sudo npm i -g [email protected]
don't give packages root access