npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

Question

I wanna run my project by npm run watch and when I do nothing, it suddenly appears an error like this.

git:(master) ✗ npm run watch

> watch
> npx mix watch

npm ERR! could not determine executable to run

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/bintangtobing/.npm/_logs/2021-06-04T08_11_16_499Z-debug.log

Does anyone know about these errors?

I have already did a solution, it is

delete node_modules on the project folder and run an npm install and it still got the same error.

Can anyone help me, please? Thank you, everyone.

Answer 1

It worked for me:

npm uninstall husky && npm install --save-dev husky@4

It happens because git is trying to find a file that doesn't exist (in version 5) so downgrading helps, I know that's not the best solution but could help someone.

Or try to migrate husky (4 to 7):

https://github.com/typicode/husky-4-to-7

Answer 2

Ended up doing

rm -rf .git/hooks
npm install

Followin this sugestion https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/1845#issuecomment-814884999

Worked for me

Answer 3

npm install

I had this problem after trying to debug a build issue. I deleted the node_modules and ran the app in a docker container. But this meant the husky npm package wasn't available locally anymore so a simple npm install fixed the problem