Error: Cannot find module 'grunt-legacy-util'

[pezholio]

I've just tried to build fine-uploader, but after following the instructions, I get to grunt package and I get the following error:

module.js:340
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'grunt-legacy-util'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
    at require (module.js:378:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/stuart/Documents/fine-uploader/node_modules/grunt/lib/grunt.js:26:12)
    at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:362:17)
    at require (module.js:378:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt:45:1)
    at Module._compile (module.js:449:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:467:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.runMain (module.js:492:10)
    at process.startup.processNextTick.process._tickCallback (node.js:244:9)

I've tried installing grunt-legacy-util, but I still get the same error. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?

[feltnerm]

Hmm... I just blew away my node_modules and ran npm i and grunt package and I did not experience this.

I'm running:

% grunt --version                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
grunt-cli v0.1.13
grunt v0.4.4

What version of grunt are you on? I think they've had API changes recently.
grunt --version

[rnicholus]

No response for 2 days, closing. This can be re-opened in the future if new information is included.

[crowjonah]

I'm not sure why this started happening to me, too, but running sudo npm install -g grunt-legacy-util fixed it for me, just in case anyone else is having this issue!

[beersy001]

npm update fixed it for me

[stefan-lz]

👍 npm update did the trick

[cfalguiere]

I got the same error when grunt is run from a project created with yeoman (yo angular and code lab options) and the app folder is under /vagrant.

It disappeared after a yo update (npm update -g yo) and the creation of a new project, even in /vagrant.

vagrant@dev:~$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.13
==> OK

vagrant@dev:~$ cd /vagrant/
vagrant@dev:/vagrant$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.13
==> KO

vagrant@dev:~/mytodolocal$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.13
==> OK

vagrant@dev:/vagrant$ cd mytodo/
vagrant@dev:/vagrant/mytodo$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.13

module.js:340
throw err;
^

vagrant@dev:/vnpm update -g yo
vagrant@dev:/vagrant/mytodo2$ grunt --version
grunt-cli v0.1.13
=> OK

Full log of grunt --version ran within the project

module.js:340
throw err;
^
Error: Cannot find module 'grunt-legacy-util'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object. (/vagrant/mytodo/node_modules/grunt/lib/grunt.js:26:12)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at Object. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/grunt-cli/bin/grunt:45:1)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
at startup (node.js:119:16)
at node.js:902:3
==> Failed

Here is the installation process I ran before
--- installation process
#provisioning shell ran from vagrant on an ubuntu/trusty64 box
sudo apt-get update
sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
sudo locale-gen fr_FR.UTF-8
sudo apt-get -y install git
sudo apt-get -y install nodejs
sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy # required on ubuntu to be able to run npm install
sudo apt-get -y install npm
npm update
sudo npm install -g yo bower grunt-cli
sudo npm install -g generator-angular

grunt --version works fine in another vm I created from an angular-seed template, even when the commande is run from within a project

[feltnerm]

Did you run npm i inside of the project dir? You also need a local grunt.

[JamesVanWaza]

@feltnerm
I ran npm update but kept getting the error.