Getting "office-addin-debugging is not recognized as an internal or external command" after running an Excel task pane project with yo office

Question

I am unable to start an office-js Excel Task pane Add-in project due to "office-addin-debugging" apparently being missing. However, I noticed the module is included in my dev-dependencies. I followed the example tutorial on the official website. The error messages can be seen below

'office-addin-debugging' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start:web: `office-addin-debugging start manifest.xml web`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the office-addin-taskpane-js@0.0.1 start:web script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 23:39

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I had the same issue. Running npm install didn't install all dependencies for some reason, but individually installing the missing scripts worked.

I ran npm install office-addin-debugging manually and it worked.

answered Apr 03 '20 at 23:39

Brooks Roche

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You may also want to consider installing the package globally, i.e `npm install -g office-addin-debugging`. Just depends on your setup and reqs. – KJH Aug 02 '21 at 15:56

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '19 at 12:55

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I think you're referring to an installation of this package:

https://www.npmjs.com/package/office-addin-debugging

From the documentation on the website:

Syntax:

office addin-debugging start [options]

manifest: path to manifest file.

It looks like you're running command

office-addin-debugging manifest.xml

but the real command is

office addin-debugging start manifest.xml

answered May 09 '19 at 12:55

Mavi Domates

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It was written as "office-addin-debugging manifest.xml" in the package.json after creating the app with the "yo office" command – Olalekan May 10 '19 at 21:38
@Olalekan I'd appreciate the green tick if it qualifies as the answer. – Mavi Domates Oct 17 '20 at 15:38

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '22 at 13:19

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By running npm i it worked and installed remaining dependencies

answered Dec 22 '22 at 13:19

Chirag Gupta

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 09 '19 at 07:19

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I noticed it was because my Excel version was 2013. It worked fine when I switched to 2016 since that's the minimum version you need to have before you can run office-js

answered Oct 09 '19 at 07:19

Olalekan

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Getting "office-addin-debugging is not recognized as an internal or external command" after running an Excel task pane project with yo office

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