Clean Install Problem

[fatbuddha-design]

Hello
I have now tried two separate clean installs of Foundation Press following the instructions on the Github page, ie clone, npm install, npm run watch, but in both cases I have the following error :-

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe',
1 verbose cli 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli 'run',
1 verbose cli 'watch' ]
2 info using npm@1.3.14
3 info using node@v0.10.22
4 verbose node symlink C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe
5 verbose run-script [ 'prewatch', 'watch', 'postwatch' ]
6 info prewatch foundationpress@2.4.0
7 info watch foundationpress@2.4.0
8 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 info foundationpress@2.4.0 Failed to exec watch script
10 error foundationpress@2.4.0 watch: gulp
10 error Exit status 8
11 error Failed at the foundationpress@2.4.0 watch script.
11 error This is most likely a problem with the foundationpress package,
11 error not with npm itself.
11 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
11 error gulp
11 error You can get their info via:
11 error npm owner ls foundationpress
11 error There is likely additional logging output above.
12 error System Windows_NT 6.2.9200
13 error command "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "run" "watch"
14 error cwd C:\Users\Will\Documents\Web Design\Wordpress\FoundationPress\Two
15 error node -v v0.10.22
16 error npm -v 1.3.14
17 error code ELIFECYCLE
18 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

How can I overcome this please?

[wakatoyee]

Hello do you have a clean installation using npm install? I just tried an experimental installation. I installed nodejs 4.x.x (I still choose 32-bit version of nodejs) on x64-bit platform windows 7.. My node -v is 4.3.1 and npm -v is 2.14.12.

I ran into problems as well. First I didn't have git and I needed to make sure the PATH is working and I verified it using git on cmd prompt and to verify it must show git help. Next, I need to run npm install -g bower and npm install -g gulp. Now npm install and npm run watch works fine. I hope this helps.

[colin-marshall]

@fatbuddha-design your version of Node is too old for FoundationPress 2.x.

https://github.com/olefredrik/FoundationPress#requirements

This project requires Node.js v4.x.x to be installed on your machine. Please be aware that you may encounter problems with the installation if you are using v5.1.0 with all the latest features.

[wishe]

I found that i needed to use an older version of Node on FoundationPress(Foundation 5) projects and the newer 4.x.x on the new FoundationPress(Foundation 6). I got around this issue by installing nvm(https://github.com/creationix/nvm). With nvm you can jump from version to version when you need to. Hope this helps!

[olefredrik]

What @colin-marshall and @wishe said.