Laravel: npm run watch Error

Question

I was working on a project and I run 'npm run watch' and I got this error. I was working normally but all of sudden I got this error!

> @ watch C:\projects\tests\blog
> node node_modules/cross-env/dist/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development                                          
node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --     
config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js

undefined:1



SyntaxError: Unexpected token

npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe"        
"C:\\Users\\Bruno\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "watch"
npm ERR! node v6.10.0
npm ERR! npm  v4.3.0
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @ watch: `node node_modules/cross-env/dist/bin/cross-env.js        
NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @ watch script 'node node_modules/cross-  env/dist/bin/cross-env.js NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the  package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node node_modules/cross-env/dist/bin/cross-env.js        
NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --watch --progress --hide-modules --config=node_modules/laravel-mix/setup/webpack.config.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Bruno\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-03-20T13_06_27_111Z-debug.log

What should I do?

Answer 1

If you are developing on a Windows system or you are running your VM on a Windows host system, you may need to run the npm install command with the --no-bin-links switch enabled:

Install using this command:

npm install --no-bin-links

And run this after:

npm run watch-poll

Source for 5.4

Source for <= 5.3