Cannot run npm and bash from maven
maven, npm
Solution
Because in the first example, you were running 'bash' with the argument 'npm install', which is the same as running `bash npm install` on the commandline. This tells bash to try to run 'npm' as a shell script, but the `npm` script in your path is javascript code. Try it:
john-warden-mba-2012:nodetest john$ bash npm install
/opt/local/bin/npm: npm: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
/opt/local/bin/npm: npm: line 2: `;(function () { // wrapper in case we're in module_context mode'
Problem
I have installed nodejs (npm) and npm install grunt-cli on my ubuntu box. I have found the nice maven-ant-run configuration for maven: https://gist.github.com/nadavdav/5308453 but when I run mvn clean install from command-line I get: ``` building: [echo] --------------------------------------------------- [echo] -- NPM INSTALL -- [echo] --------------------------------------------------- [exec] /usr/bin/npm: npm: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `;' [exec] /usr/bin/npm: npm: line 2: `;(function () { // wrapper in case we're in module_context mode' ``` Why does npm fail when running inside maven? EDIT: I have now updated the config to: ``` <!-- <exec executable="bash" dir="${project.basedir}" osfamily="unix" --> <!-- failonerror="true"> --> <!-- <arg line="npm install" /> --> <!-- </exec> --> <!-- WORKING --> <exec executable="npm" dir="${project.basedir}" failonerror="true"> <arg value="install" /> </exec> ``` which works. But strange that it does not work when running the original version.