Npm module "grunt-contrib-imagemin" not found, Is it installed?

Question

I run into this error, when I try to do build a project with "grunt build".

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There seems to be no problem when I test the project by doing "grunt server".

The project has been scaffolded and managed with: yeoman/grunt/bower. In Windows.

Everything went well and then a week ago or so it started doing this. I can't build projects no more.

When I try to install the module doing:

npm install grunt-contrib-imagemin

It can never install it, get the following "weird" error.

enter image description here

Any hints please?

jsidera · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-06T12:33:56.453

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Ok I found a way to solve this:

In your package.json, add "jpegtran-bin": "0.2.0" before the reference to imagemin
Delete the node_modules folder in your project, and run "npm install" and "bower install" again

There seem to be an issue with the jpegtran's latest version.

!! - Please note this is just a workarround waiting for the bugfix.

edited Jan 06 '14 at 12:33

answered Nov 11 '13 at 14:25

jsidera

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It works for me too. Please note it's just a workaround waiting a bugfix. :) – Hugo H Dec 14 '13 at 08:20

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 13:12

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Like the program suggests, you need to install the npm module.

npm i --save-dev grunt-contrib-imagemin

Considering you're on Windows you might want to take a look at the project's GitHub repo for additional installation instructions.

answered Nov 11 '13 at 13:12

bevacqua

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 16:53

There's an issue with a package contrib-imagemin references that prevents it from properly installing on Windows.

GitHub issue on grunt-contrib-imagemin: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-imagemin/issues/109

GitHub pull request on the offending library: https://github.com/yeoman/node-jpegtran-bin/pull/38

For now, you can manually specify "jpegtran-bin": "0.2.0" in your package.json and it should function as a workaround. If it's a pain point for you, go comment on that pull request and perhaps it'll convince the project maintainer to actually take a look and comment as well.

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 28 '13 at 01:26

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I had the same problem with 0.3.0 version, but once I updated to 0.4.0 the problem was solved. Check your package.json. Hope that helps!

"grunt-contrib-imagemin": "~0.4.0",

answered Nov 28 '13 at 01:26

Juan Manuel Arias

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I am using version 0.7.1 and still get it – Dejell Dec 30 '14 at 14:22
I had the problem when I already had 0.4.0, so I'm not sure it's that… – William Turrell Aug 27 '15 at 21:34

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered May 21 '15 at 22:33

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As of May 2015 I solved this by deleting node_modules and running npm install.

answered May 21 '15 at 22:33

Henry

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 14 '13 at 07:18

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I am using windows, I was getting same error. So I edited the Environmental Variables.

Just add: C:\Ruby200-x64\bin to your PATH variable and restart node prompt.

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answered Nov 14 '13 at 06:42

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 08 '15 at 16:02

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The imagemin install seems to not run correctly when called by grunt-contrib-imagemin. I just do

cd ./node_modules/grunt-contrib-imagemin/node_modules/imagemin
npm install

And then it's fine.

answered Jan 08 '15 at 16:02

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 27 '15 at 21:43

On Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS, package.json containing:

 "grunt-contrib-imagemin": "~0.4.0",

I had to reinstall Grunt (but the jpegtran-bin workaround, or just removing node_modules and running npm install wasn't enough, I needed the following (with sudo):

rm -rf node_modules/
sudo npm update -g npm
sudo npm install -g grunt-cli

Npm module "grunt-contrib-imagemin" not found, Is it installed?

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