Grunt installed but not working - "Command not found" on Mavericks

Question

I'm trying to use grunt with sass and have been following these guides:

• http://gruntjs.com/getting-started

• http://benfrain.com/lightning-fast-sass-compiling-with-libsass-node-sass-and-grunt-sass/

• http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/grunt-command-not-found/

I've:

• Intsalled node.js

• Installed the command-line version of grunt: sudo npm install -g grunt -cli

• Added the path from the grunt installer to my bash profile: export PATH=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt/bin:$PATH

• Made the profile an executable: source ~/.bash_profile

• Setup package.json and Gruntfile.js files in my project root

• Installed grunt into the project: cd /path/to/project/root/ and sudo npm install

But when I try to run grunt I see: command not found

It's the same if I run: grunt --version

I wasn't sure if the bash path needs /bin on the end as per the blog posted above but have tried it both ways: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt/ and /usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt/bin/

I've also run the grunt installer several times but didn't see any errors so am positive it's installed - can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? I'm running OSX mavericks incase this is the issue.

Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Answer 1

You have a typo in your command. The package is named grunt-cli without the space.

Update the command to:

sudo npm install -g grunt-cli 

And all should work as expected.