node_modules/optipng-bin/vendor/optipng ENOENT

[strever]

when run
$ gulp dev
Error: spawn /home/streverf/www/fancy/node_modules/optipng-bin/vendor/optipng ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:870:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:178:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:344:16)
at nextTickCallbackWith2Args (node.js:441:9)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:17)

env:
$ npm -version
3.5.2
$ nodejs --version
v4.2.6

[panteng]

It seems like something is wrong with your gulp-imagemin plugin.
Try uninstall it and install it again.

npm uninstall gulp-imagemin

npm install gulp-imagemin

Make sure there are no errors during installation.

[strever]

rm -rf node_modules
npm install
solve the problem.

probably because i run npm install before npm install -g node-gyp

[panteng]

Yeah, imagemin depends on node-gyp.

[chrisferagotti]

Similar issue. I believe what worked for me was:

npm install node-gyp
npm uninstall gulp-imagemin
npm install gulp-imagemin

So, I think what they said above, just all in one post.

[rafito]

npm rebuild solve it here!

[mrjohnskelton]

Same issue here. uninstall/reinstall of gulp-imagemin fixed symptoms. npm install hadn't previously reported any issues with the install. node-gyp installed.

Not sure if there is some hidden instability in package dependencies as my gulp task had been running fine in the same environment/project then spuriously stopped working. I'm not sure what had changed to introduce error.

<project>\node_modules\optipng-bin\vendor\optipng.exe folder and executable were missing, yielding the error/stacktrace:

Error: The system cannot find the path specified.

  at notFoundError (<project>\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:11:11)
  at verifyENOENT (<project>\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:46:16)
  at ChildProcess.cp.emit (<project>\node_modules\cross-spawn\lib\enoent.js:33:19)
  at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)

[maheshDe]

npm rebuild

works for me.

[DineshGon]

None of the solutions worked for me. Any other recommendations. Warning: Error: spawn /applic/node_modules/optipng-bin/vendor/optipng ENOENT