Getting the Error: spawn ENOENT on Windows7 x64. with node v0.10.5

[ChrisHubinger]

Hi,

Our mocha tests ran fine on OSX using mocha-phantomjs (latest version) using node v0.10.5 but on Windows7 (x64) i get the following error:

events.js:72
        throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
              ^
Error: spawn ENOENT
    at errnoException (child_process.js:975:11)
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:766:34)

I've setup test files to reproduce the error at https://gist.github.com/theanimal666/5538827

Here the details of my environment:

• Windows7 x64 (fully patched)
• Node.Js 0.10.5
• PhantomJS 1.9.0
• mocha 1.9.0

I also tried different shells (git bash, cmd, powershell), the error is always the same. In Chrome the tests run fine.

regards,
Chris

[metaskills]

Do a little github issue searching. In #53 that has "spawn ENOENT" in it talks about how this could be happening from not having PhantomJS installed which led to a clarification in the README. Also, #58 is on the topic of how the latest version of Mocha breaks on mocha-phantomjs. So this issue duplicates both. HTH.

[ChrisHubinger]

Thanks for your fast reaction. I looked at the issues first and saw both of them - for #53 - i have PhantomJS installed (npm install -g phantomjs) so i do not see how that helps in my case. And the error shown in #58 is completely different - at least i can't see the relationship to the one i got.
regards,
chris

[metaskills]

I would not focus issue #58's error message but what it is about. You should downgrade mocha to the latest 1.8 version and try.

[ChrisHubinger]

Thanks, unfortunately that did not fix the issue for me, still getting the same error with mocha 1.8.2.

[metaskills]

OK, rep-opend the issue then. Please do keep investigating and report back.

[ChrisHubinger]

Will keep you informed about my imvestigatin

[vvo]

Hello,

I had exactly the same problem, solved by not installing phantomjs with npm install -g but by downloading it from phantomjs.org then putting it in c:\phantomjs and adding c:\phantomjs to my PATH

On windows XP.

hope it helps

[AlanKavanagh]

Still having this issue on win 8 even after doing vvo's solution

[geekyme]

Hi,

i'm also using win 8 and my phantomjs.exe is located in C:/Users/shawnlim/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom/phantomjs.exe

Copy that phantomjs.exe, go all the way back to [the path to]/Roaming/npm/ and paste it in that folder. Then it works for me.

[zachrybaker]

Issue is still open, although IMO it's totally unrelated to phantomJs. You can have no need for phantomJs, and on Windows 8 create a simple express server script and see this error.

[BrandonJF]

@geekyme Thanks! That solved my issue on Windows 7 64-Bit.

[haydnhkim]

@geekyme Wow! thanks!

[noscripter]

Having the same problem too, but my package.json files have nothing to do with phantom.js, maybe it's related to npm or platform-specific.

[svsteenoven]

thnx solved the issue on win8.1. sidenode: don't forget to restart cmd

[etoah]

@geekyme Thanks! That solved my issue on Windows 7 64-Bit.