bower install crash

[guangyya]

bower --version @1.7.9

while doing $bower install , I got crash and stop at

{
  "type": "input",
  "message": "Answer",
  "name": "prompt",
  "level": "prompt"

then I change bower version to 1.4.1, everything fine.

[ptitgraig]

Hey. Could you give us a more detailed error log ?
Thanks

[guangyya]

above

{
  "type": "input",
  "message": "Answer",
  "name": "prompt",
  "level": "prompt"

is a lot of bower install dependence information.

This is my bower.json file

{
  "name": "angular-bootstrap-rails",
  "description": "A starter project for AngularJS with rails",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "angular": "~1.2.21",
    "bootstrap": "*",
    "angular-route": "~1.2.21",
    "angular-resource": "~1.2.21",
    "jquery": "*",
    "angular-animate": "~1.2.16",
    "angular-bootstrap": "~0.11.0",
    "angular-http-auth": "*",
    "angular-strap": "~2.0.4",
    "angular-motion": "~0.3.3",
    "angular-cookies": "~1.2.21",
    "angular-sanitize": "~1.2.21",
    "angular-xeditable": "~0.1.8",
    "angles": "*",
    "esl": "~1.8.4",
    "angular-toastr": "~0.4.0",
    "ng-ckeditor": "~0.2.1",
    "ng-tags-input": "~2.3.0",
    "angular-ui-grid": "~3.0.0-rc.21",
    "ng-ckeditor": "~0.2.1"
  }
}

since I have already fixed this problem by change bower version, sorry I am not able to reproduce that on my Mac.

[dudeofawesome]

I'm having a similar error whenever I try to init or install, although it does not seem to crash for me.

It looks like it might be an issue related to inquirer.

I'm using ZSH and iTerm2 on OS X 10.11.3 with Bower version 1.7.9

[crayygy]

Hi there:
I've already find the reason why bower install crash.

It's all caused by a wrong .bowerrc file.

The way to fix it is:

1. delete the "json": "bower.json" line
2. remember to delete the comma of the upper line.

at last, a .bowerrc file like this is fine.

{
  "directory": "public/bower_components"
}

That's all. 😆