TypeError: Cannot read property 'babel' of undefined

Question

Following is my package json file. I have installed node_modules successfully. But Getting the error:

"TypeError: Cannot read property 'babel' of undefined"

while running "webpack --watch". Please let me know if anyone is aware of this.

"axios": "0.16.2",
"babel-plugin-root-import": "^5.1.0",
"bootstrap": "3.3.7",
"chalk": "^2.3.0",
"chart.js": "^2.7.1",
"del": "^3.0.0",
"html-entities": "^1.2.1",
"jquery": "3.1.1",
"karma-es6-shim": "^1.0.0",
"leaflet": "1.0.*",
"less": "2.7.2",
"libphonenumber-js": "^1.2.12",
"lodash": "4.17.4",
"moment": "^2.19.1",
"store": "^2.0.12",
"url-loader": "0.5.8",
"vee-validate": "2.0.0-rc.7",
"vue": "2.4.2",
"vue-chartjs": "^2.7.2",
"vue-loader": "12.0.3",
"vue-paginate": "3.4.0",
"vue-resource": "1.2.1",
"vue-router": "2.3.1",
"vue-template-compiler": "2.4.2",
"vuejs-datepicker": "0.6.3",
"vuex": "^2.5.0"


 },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-cli": "6.23.0",
    "babel-core": "6.23.1",
    "babel-loader": "6.3.2",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "6.22.0",

Answer 1

For me it was a version mismatch between webpack and babel-loader.

I had [email protected] with [email protected], updating to [email protected] fixed the issue for me.