Angular2 QuickStart npm start is not working correctly

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I know Angular2 beta has just been released but I can't reproduce the steps from their official site tutorial ( https://angular.io/guide/quickstart ). Maybe someone has had similar issues and knows what to do in order to fix the this? When I try to start the application with npm start command I get output like this:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'start' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info prestart [email protected]
6 info start [email protected]
7 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 info [email protected] Failed to exec start script
9 verbose stack Error: [email protected] start: `concurrent "npm run tsc:w" "npm run lite" `
9 verbose stack Exit status 127
9 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:213:16)
9 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
9 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:14:12)
9 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
9 verbose stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
9 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1087:5)
10 verbose pkgid [email protected]
11 verbose cwd /Users/tmrovsky/Documents/angular2/angular2-quickstart
12 error Darwin 13.4.0
13 error argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
14 error node v0.12.2
15 error npm  v2.7.4
16 error code ELIFECYCLE
17 error [email protected] start: `concurrent "npm run tsc:w" "npm run lite" `
17 error Exit status 127
18 error Failed at the [email protected] start script 'concurrent "npm run tsc:w" "npm run lite" '.
18 error This is most likely a problem with the angular2-quickstart package,
18 error not with npm itself.
18 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
18 error     concurrent "npm run tsc:w" "npm run lite"
18 error You can get their info via:
18 error     npm owner ls angular2-quickstart
18 error There is likely additional logging output above.
19 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

I had: typescript 1.7.5 version node 0.12.2 version

Maybe someone could help solve the problem :) ?

package.json:

{
  "name": "angular2-quickstart",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "scripts": {
    "tsc": "tsc",
    "tsc:w": "tsc -w",
    "lite": "lite-server",
    "start": "concurrent \"npm run tsc:w\" \"npm run lite\" "
  },
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.0",
    "systemjs": "0.19.6",
    "es6-promise": "^3.0.2",
    "es6-shim": "^0.33.3",
    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.0",
    "zone.js": "0.5.10"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^1.0.0",
    "lite-server": "^1.3.1",
    "typescript": "^1.7.3"
  }
}

index.html:

<html>

<head>
    <title>Angular 2 QuickStart</title>

    <!-- 1. Load libraries -->
    <script src="node_modules/es6-shim/es6-shim.js"></script>
    <script src="node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2-polyfills.js"></script>
    <script src="node_modules/systemjs/dist/system.src.js"></script>
    <script src="node_modules/rxjs/bundles/Rx.js"></script>
    <script src="node_modules/angular2/bundles/angular2.dev.js"></script>

    <!-- 2. Configure SystemJS -->
    <script>
        System.config({
            packages: {
                app: {
                    format: 'register',
                    defaultExtension: 'js'
                }
            }
        });
        System.import('app/boot')
                .then(null, console.error.bind(console));
    </script>

</head>

<!-- 3. Display the application -->
<body>
<my-app>Loading...</my-app>
</body>

</html>

app.components.ts:

import {Component} from 'angular2/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'my-app',
    template: '<h1>My First Angular 2 App</h1>',
})

export class AppComponent {}

boot.js:

import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/platform/browser'
import  {AppComponent} from './app.component'

bootstrap(AppComponent);

Change the start field in package.json from

"start": "tsc && concurrently \"npm run tsc:w\" \"npm run lite\" "

to

"start": "concurrently \"npm run tsc:w\" \"npm run lite\" "

In order to get npm start running for me, I had to make sure I had globally installed some of the devDependencies. Have you tried:

  • npm install -g concurrently
  • npm install -g lite-server
  • npm install -g typescript

First you need update npm, lite-server and typescript:

sudo npm update -g && sudo npm install -g concurrently lite-server typescript

Delete node_modules folder from your Angular project directory (if exist). Next run:

npm install

After that resolve ENOSPC errors:

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p

Finally:

npm start

This is my package.json file:

{
  "name": "reservationsystem",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "scripts": {
    "tsc": "tsc",
    "tsc:w": "tsc -w",
    "lite": "lite-server",
    "start": "concurrent \"npm run tsc:w\" \"npm run lite\" "
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "a2-in-memory-web-api": "~0.1.0",
    "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.3",
    "es6-promise": "^3.0.2",
    "es6-shim": "^0.33.3",
    "reflect-metadata": "0.1.2",
    "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.0",
    "systemjs": "0.19.17",
    "zone.js": "0.5.11"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^1.0.0",
    "lite-server": "^2.0.1",
    "typescript": "^1.7.5"
  }
}

I had the same error on windows 10. It looks like it's problem with concurrently npm package. I found 2 options how to solve this error:

  • 1. Run both commands in 2 separate cmds:

    • in the first one run: npm run tsc:w
    • in the second one: npm run lite
  • 2. Change package.json

    • just change the start option to this: "start": "tsc && npm run tsc:w | npm run lite",