random errors when using gitbook plugin on running "gitbook serve". #1309

sachetsharma · 2016-05-18T19:11:02Z

We are running gitbook with some plugins. Plugins are loaded fine but at the end it errors out with different error messages. All of them complains about one or the other plugin file missing. Running gitbook version 2.1.3 on windows 7.

info: 7 plugins are installed
info: loading plugin "prism"... OK
info: loading plugin "edit-link"... OK
info: loading plugin "livereload"... OK
info: loading plugin "search"... OK
info: loading plugin "lunr"... OK
info: loading plugin "fontsettings"... OK
info: loading plugin "theme-default"... OK
info: found 66 pages
info: found 83 asset files

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'C:\Projects\myproject_book\gitbook\gitbook-plugin-fontsettings\buttons.js'

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'C:\Projects\myproject_book\gitbook\gitbook-plugin-lunr\lunr.min.js'

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'C:\Projects\myproject_book\gitbook\gitbook-plugin-livereload\plugin.js'

SamyPesse · 2016-05-18T22:00:14Z

Can you paste me the output of gitbook current inside the book's directory?

SamyPesse · 2016-05-19T08:36:36Z

And also the output of node -v ?

sachetsharma · 2016-05-19T13:02:49Z

here is the output

C:\Projects\myproject_book>gitbook current
GitBook version is 2.6.7

C:\Projects\myproject_book>node -v
v4.2.2

SamyPesse · 2016-05-19T13:16:19Z

Run gitbook current inside the C:\Projects\myproject (I guess this is folder where your content is stored), and paste me the output.

sachetsharma · 2016-05-19T13:19:56Z

Here it is:
C:\Projects\myproject>gitbook current
GitBook version is 3.0.0-pre.15

SamyPesse · 2016-05-19T13:25:53Z

Ok thanks, I'll investigate and fix this.

fractalf · 2016-05-31T13:34:32Z

I get the same..

alf@dev [~/gitbook] gitbook init ./foobar
warn: no summary file in this book
info: create README.md
info: create SUMMARY.md
info: initialization is finished
alf@dev [~/gitbook] cd foobar/
alf@dev [~/gitbook/foobar] node -v
v4.4.5
alf@dev [~/gitbook/foobar] gitbook current
GitBook version is 3.0.3
alf@dev [~/gitbook/foobar] gitbook build
info: 6 plugins are installed
info: loading plugin "highlight"... OK
info: loading plugin "search"... OK
info: loading plugin "lunr"... OK
info: loading plugin "sharing"... OK
info: loading plugin "fontsettings"... OK
info: loading plugin "theme-default"... OK
info: found 1 pages
info: found 0 asset files

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/nfs/home/alf/gitbook/foobar/_book/gitbook/gitbook-plugin-lunr/lunr.min.js'

superbull · 2016-06-03T11:50:44Z

I have the same problem in Windows7.

gitbook version: 3.0.3
node version: v5.5.0

I found that when the error message said:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/nfs/home/alf/gitbook/foobar/_book/gitbook/gitbook-plugin-lunr/lunr.min.js'

the file lunr.min.js is there, but the size of this file is 0.

xNok · 2016-06-09T02:00:10Z

I have the similar problems in Windows7

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'D:\www2\thinxtraPortal\cssb\_book'

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, open 'D:\www2\thinxtraPortal\cssb\_book\part1-automated-workflow\cssb_automated_workflow.md'

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'D:\www2\thinxtraPortal\cssb\_book'

gitbook version: 3.1.0
node version: v5.6.0

The first thing I haved notice is that gitbook create a read only _book directory.
This seems to solve the 2 first issues but not the last one with lstat

maiertech · 2016-06-17T15:28:22Z

I get the same on Windows 7 with GitBook 3.1.1 and Node 6.2.1.

takao-mizuno · 2016-07-12T00:16:34Z

I ran into the same problem on Windows7 with GitBook 3.1.0 and Node 6.3.0.
How's this problem going ?

zargex · 2016-07-13T14:47:07Z

Hi, I have the same error, but in Linux

Live reload server started on port: 35729
Press CTRL+C to quit ...

info: 7 plugins are installed 
info: 6 explicitly listed 
info: loading plugin "livereload"... OK 
info: loading plugin "highlight"... OK 
info: loading plugin "search"... OK 
info: loading plugin "lunr"... OK 
info: loading plugin "fontsettings"... OK 
info: loading plugin "theme-default"... OK 
info: found 1 pages 
info: found 0 asset files 

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/home/aparra/Documentos/zoi-api/book/_book/gitbook/gitbook-plugin-livereload/plugin.js'

gitbook --version CLI version: 2.3.0 GitBook version: 3.2.0

node --version v4.4.7
But I looked at that directory and there is plugin.js, so I don't understand.
Thanks

letmaik · 2016-07-14T10:34:55Z

Same:

Live reload server started on port: 35729
Press CTRL+C to quit ...

info: 7 plugins are installed
info: loading plugin "livereload"... OK
info: loading plugin "highlight"... OK
info: loading plugin "search"... OK
info: loading plugin "lunr"... OK
info: loading plugin "sharing"... OK
info: loading plugin "fontsettings"... OK
info: loading plugin "theme-default"... OK
info: found 12 pages
info: found 15 asset files

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '...\_book\gitbook\gitbook-plugin-fontsettings\fontsettings.js'

Everytime a different file. On Windows with 3.2.0.

hamdichau · 2016-07-19T03:50:32Z

The same.

eyinsma · 2016-08-04T07:00:00Z

The same issue on Windows 7.
GitBook version is 3.2.0
Node v6.3.1

tanbro · 2016-08-09T03:19:26Z

The same error on windows 10 when auto restarting server

node v4.4.7, gitbook 3.2.0

Starting server ...
Serving book on http://localhost:4000
Restart after change in file SUMMARY.md

Stopping server

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'D:\repos\yunhuni-server-api-docs\_book'

ghost · 2016-08-19T09:47:20Z

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'D:\topsecgitbook\_book\gitbook\gitbook-plugin-fontsettings\fontsettings.js'

fangzhouxin · 2016-08-24T04:26:12Z

I have the same problem with @liutopsec , I used docker to run gitbook serve command. There is no problem with version 2.6.7, and v3.0.x, v3.1.x, v3.2.x has this problem.

yeszao · 2016-08-25T12:31:27Z

I had same problem with nodejs 0.10.46 on linux. But everything was fine when I switch to windows and build with Nodejs 4.5.0

kuake · 2016-09-02T01:58:57Z

the same problem on windows 7
node v6.3.1
GitBook version is 3.2.0

lesstif · 2016-09-02T07:28:59Z

i had same error on windows 7.

node v4.5.0
gitbook 3.2.0

dstelljes · 2016-09-19T02:26:03Z

Same error on Fedora. Seems (for me, at least) that it's caused by disk latency: My working directory is on a network drive, but when I build in /tmp (local) there are no problems.

zargex · 2016-09-19T13:05:05Z

I think the same @dstelljes, in my case my home is imported from a NFS server and (like you) working in local folder there are no problems.

zhilidali · 2016-09-20T10:35:32Z

I had same error on windows 7.

node v4.5.0
gitbook 3.2.0

Is it because of NVM cause?

hfxu · 2016-09-22T05:00:08Z

Updated. Sorry for this approach seems not working.

~~I had same problem with gitbook build or serve command.And I found that the default search plugin lunr may caused error.~~
At last,I had add swiftype plugin to sovle this problem.
Here is the config of my book.json.

{
   "plugins": [
      "swiftype"
   ],
   "pluginsConfig": {
      "swiftype": {
         "token": "utQHy1R2XyiVqDqaZxxx",
         "version": "2.0.0"
      }
   }
}

~~You need to run gitbook install command to install the plugin before build your books.~~

My env:

Node 4.5.0
gitbook 3.2.0
npm 2.15.9

~~I hope this would help you.~~~~

hfxu · 2016-09-22T07:22:56Z

Updated. Sorry for this approach seems not working.

Just now,I found it would be a problem of npm's config probelm.I found the solution at the http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34600932/npm-eperm-operation-not-permitted-on-windows.There is no need to add additional plugins.
~~Here is the quote from the anwser:~~

~~1. Run cmd as administrator~~
~~2. Run npm config edit (You will get notepad editor)~~
~~3. Change Prefix variable to 'C:\Users<User Name>\AppData\Roaming\npm'~~

~~This works fine for me.~~

zargex · 2016-09-22T14:14:40Z

Hi @hfxu, i tried your solution and saddly didn't work for me.

ouweiya · 2017-09-26T17:33:39Z

After a few days of trying, I finally solved this problem!

You only need to reduce the version number and node.js version to solve the problem of failure to start and refresh the interrupt.

I did a lot of testing and found that the previous version of 3.0.0 did not have these problems, and node.js was V6.
It can be solved.

I recommend using: 2.6.7 ~ 2.6.4

You add a line in book.json:

{
    "gitbook" : "2.6.7"
}

Node.js： V6

$ node -v
v6.11.3

then

install：

$ gitbook install

run:

gitbook serve

I tested the version:

Recommended: 2.6.7 ~ 2.6.4

$ gitbook ls 
GitBook Versions Installed:
      3.2.3
      3.1.1
      3.1.0
      3.0.3
      3.0.0
      2.6.7
      2.6.6
      2.6.4
      2.3.2
      2.1.0

I am not a javascript expert, I can only use this stupid method to solve the problem, I sincerely hope to help you!

Carson126 · 2017-10-12T04:44:34Z

I get the same error. I have few times(less than 0.1%) works well after run as administrator and
npm cache clean
I've tried gitbook version 2.6.7. it seems work well and cannot be using the graceful-fs module.
how to use gitbook 3.x.x for win10. thanks a lot

obogobo · 2017-10-12T13:26:55Z

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mericahero · 2017-11-09T01:41:33Z

In windows use administrator then run the command, you will resolve the issue.

GitbookIO/gitbook#1309

adamlesniak · 2017-11-29T12:03:39Z

In my case installing gitbook as a package in the actual project folder was the solution.

This error was appearing when using gitbook-cli

jppampin · 2017-12-26T18:26:09Z

Thank you @bluedusk!! Your tip works like a charm.
OS: Win7
GitBook version is 3.2.3
Nodejs: v8.9.1

Steps:

Edit file: C:\Users[user].gitbook\versions\3.2.3\lib\output\website\copyPluginAssets.js
Modify in two places copyAssets(output, plugin) and copyResources(output, plugin), the line:

            confirm: true

by

            confirm: false

daniele-orlando · 2018-01-15T14:58:55Z

Same error but on MacOS and symbolic links.

liuzhenrain · 2018-06-13T09:10:22Z

@obogobo thank you....

wayward-man · 2018-07-06T02:54:41Z

node 8 + , npm 4+ ,gitbook 3.2.3 ,they seems to be lastest,but this problem still appear to my env.

wayward-man · 2018-07-06T02:56:18Z

can you see my problem ?sir

flyyang · 2018-07-09T08:41:07Z

any update on this, i don't want change the file manually...

GitbookIO#1309

thiagocaiubi · 2018-07-11T18:45:46Z

So it's been a while and the bug is still alive. I could see some effort to close this issues within pull requests but sadly without approval. Sincerely, I stopped digging to understand why.

I came up with this simple Dockerfile as you might also want to use:

FROM node:8.11-alpine

RUN npm install --global gitbook-cli && \
    gitbook fetch 3.2.2 && \
    gitbook install && \
    npm cache clear --force && \
    rm -rf /tmp/*

# Fixes https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1309
RUN sed -i.bak 's/confirm: true/confirm: false/g' \
    /root/.gitbook/versions/3.2.2/lib/output/website/copyPluginAssets.js

Build the image:

$ docker build . -t gitbook

Write README.md example:

$ echo "# Hello Gitbook" > README.md

Build a book:

$ docker run -v $(pwd):/gitbook -w /gitbook --rm -it gitbook gitbook build . output

flyyang · 2018-07-13T04:16:43Z

Seems the code was merged, when a new release will be published?

Simran-B · 2018-07-13T10:11:30Z

The official repository is dead.

sam-falvo · 2018-07-13T15:15:39Z

Sure seems that way. The commercial website indicates that they're on Gitbook v2 as of February 2018, which means, despite the semantic versioning of this package, this is all under the Gitbook v1 umbrella.

Guess it's time to move on to other tools. Back to LaTeX2html, I guess. ;-P

lzhou1110 · 2018-10-18T22:30:09Z

Checked out the latest beta version solved this issue for me.

Use the below command to list all available versions:
gitbook ls-remote

Then I installed pre-release 4.0.0-alpha.6
gitbook fetch 4.0.0-alpha.6

See the GitHub repo for more details:
https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/blob/master/docs/setup.md

cyanTao · 2018-11-20T10:25:52Z

I had fixed it by restarting my computer. @everybody

Simran-B · 2018-11-20T13:06:21Z

@15766273878 It can occur randomly any time again. I doubt rebooting is a permanent solution for anything, ever.

LawEric · 2018-12-27T07:36:15Z

Sadly，I get the same error.

win 10
gitbook 3.2.3
node 10.14.1

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat 'F:\cmp2.0\doc\blueking_book\gitbook\gitbook-plugin-toggle-chapters\toggle.css'

aallbrig · 2019-01-28T15:23:35Z

@thiagocaiubi Thanks! I added...

# Fixes https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook/issues/1309
RUN sed -i.bak 's/confirm: true/confirm: false/g' \
    /root/.gitbook/versions/3.2.2/lib/output/website/copyPluginAssets.js

... to my Dockerfile and all works great now.

@Simran-B (@sam-falvo ?) Do you know why gitbook decided to deprecate gitbook-cli?

rafecolton · 2019-02-08T21:18:44Z

I am getting this error too.

@lzhou1110 I did this and it immediately failed on the next rebuild.

EDIT: @thiagocaiubi's solution worked:

sed -i.bak 's/confirm: true/confirm: false/g' ~/.gitbook/versions/3.2.3/lib/output/website/copyPluginAssets.js

aleung · 2019-03-25T06:21:59Z

My fork @aleung/gitbook implemented the fix: https://github.com/aleung/gitbook

cyanTao · 2024-03-25T09:54:36Z

我已收到您的来信，谢谢。

SamyPesse added the bug label May 18, 2016

SamyPesse added the 3.0.0 label May 18, 2016

SamyPesse added the investigating label May 19, 2016

egoroschenya-sc mentioned this issue Oct 26, 2017

gitbook serve error with ENOENT: no such file or directory(fontsettings.js&website.css) GitbookIO/gitbook-cli#55

Open

zlargon added a commit to zlargon/git-tutorial that referenced this issue Nov 17, 2017

update gitbook version to 3.2.3

1753862

GitbookIO/gitbook#1309

chusiang mentioned this issue Jan 24, 2018

No such file or directory on GitBook 3.2.3 chusiang/gitbook.ansible.role#5

Closed

yumikataoka added a commit to yumikataoka/gitbook that referenced this issue Jul 10, 2018

change confirm property

3d75e11

GitbookIO#1309

yumikataoka mentioned this issue Jul 10, 2018

change confirm property yumikataoka/gitbook#1

Merged

philsturgeon mentioned this issue Jul 12, 2018

fixes #1309 by setting confirm to false #2091

Closed

addisonschultz closed this as completed Mar 25, 2024

random errors when using gitbook plugin on running "gitbook serve". #1309

random errors when using gitbook plugin on running "gitbook serve". #1309

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