Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'

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I cannot even get this (same error). But installed 1.0.0-beta.11-webpack.8
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Error while running script "C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\addon\ng2\tasks\serve-webpack.ts":
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
Error while running script "C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\addon\ng2\commands\serve.ts":
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:440:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:388:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:541:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:550:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:458:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:417:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:409:3)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\work\PST\workspace\PST\pst-app-client\cli2\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)

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Tried to init a project (ng init).
Installed locally in the project's directory (npm i angular-cli@webpack)

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node@5.12.0, npm@3.8.6, win10.

Tried making a custom version and installing globally from it.

I can verify that adding process-nextick-args util-deprecate to the depedencies fixes this issue, but can't help but think this a symptom of another problem. Will investigate more.

Edit:
Can also verify that it doesn't have anything to do with our devDependencies, as I copied them over into dependencies and got the same error.

On a fresh copy of the repo, npm install seems to fail initially with a node-sass related problem, but a second npm install works fine. npm link after that doesn't give any errors on ng version. This might be related with some custom logic we have for npm linked setups.

@kevinsawicki

I've been trying to get to the root of this issue without much success. As far as I can tell, this is either a node or a nvm problem somehow. Maybe an odd combination of packages, or some kind of odd interaction with packages that try to be built like node-sass.

I've tried a lot of installs so far, and the best way I've found to reproduce this in Windows:

install https://github.com/creationix/nvm
nvm install 5.12.0 (if you have it already, uninstall and reinstall)
nvm use 5.12.0
npm install -g angular-cli@1.0.0-beta.11-webpack.8
ng version

This gets me the error shown in the initial report:

$ ng version
Error while running script "C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\addon\ng2\tasks\serve-webpack.ts":
Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:339:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:290:25)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:6:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\readable-stream\readable.js:6:28)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Function.Module._load (C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:367:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\kamik\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v5.12.0\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\memory-fs\lib\MemoryFileSystem.js:8:14)
(...)

As reported by @kevinsawicki, this also seems to happen in other projects: electron-userland/electron-prebuilt#63 (comment)

As reported by @rbj325, using node@6.5.0 seems to work. This is best user solution I've found so far.

I'm not sure what can be done on our side to support node 5... we could add process-nextick-args util-deprecate as dependencies, but we don't even use them directly.

/cc @hansl

Removing the critical label as it only seems to affect a subset of users and, as far as I can tell, it's not within out control to fix it.

I'm on linux, node 6.2.0 (via distro's package manager), same error. Installing both dependencies as global packages fixed for me.

# npm install -g angular-cli@webpack
... warnings, native builds failing, messedup makefiles...
$ ng init
error

#arrumaIssoFilipe

I am also getting this error after attempting to update from "angular-cli": "1.0.0-beta.11-webpack", to "angular-cli": "1.0.0-beta.11-webpack.3".

Windows 7
Node 6.2.1
NPM 3.9.3

\angular-cli\lib\bootstrap-local.js:55:22)
    at Module.require (module.js:468:17)
Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'

I am receiving this error as well. I installed the latest version of the CLI globablly:
npm uninstall -g angular-cli
npm cache clean
npm install -g angular-cli@latest
then created new angular2 project using the ng new project command to create a new project then executing the ng serve command.

Operating System: Windows 7
Angular CLI version: 1.0.0-beta.14
Node version: 6.5.0
NPM version: 3.9.2

Still exists at beta 15.
angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.15
node: 4.5.0
os: win32 ia32

npm i process-nextick-args util-deprecate fixed it.

I can confirm that ng command works for this setup as listed below (after upgrading Node):

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.15
node: 6.6.0
os: darwin x64

I think this was completely fixed in #3414. My theory is that, on machines that could build node-zopfli, it could fail and leave you with an incomplete install.

Closing but please let me know if it still happens.

nvm install 6.11.3

helped me to install that damn package

I ran into this issue and after spending sometime, I decided to delete node and npm.

To completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:

go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules
go to /usr/local/include and delete any node and node_modules directory
if you installed with brew install node, then run brew uninstall node in your terminal
check your Home directory for any local or lib or include folders, and delete any node or node_modules from there
go to /usr/local/bin and delete any node executable
I find all this from this link https://stackoverflow.com/a/11178106

And if you don't know how to reinstall Node and npm, follow this: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/install-node-js-npm-mac

I hope this will help everyone

I think this issue occur because of node version .So update your node and npm version.
I had same issue on Ubuntu then i updated my node and npm version and install angular CLI :)

Check node version

nodejs --version

Update node version

sudo apt-get install nodejs

Update npm version

sudo apt-get install npm

Install angular CLI

npm install -g @angular/cli

Seeing this error directly after npm i -g npm. Now even npm -v returns the process-nextick-args not found errror.

Node/npm originally installed via nodesource.com.

$ nodejs --version
v6.12.3

$ npm -v
module.js:471
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'process-nextick-args'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:469:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:417:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/readable-stream/lib/_stream_readable.js:26:23)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)

Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.10 (jessie)
Release:        8.10
Codename:       jessie

Linux b8022312ce29 4.9.75-linuxkit-aufs #1 SMP Tue Jan 9 10:58:17 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

@thinkspill

Same problem as @thinkspill. npm -v throws the error already. Can't use any of the solutions above, since each time the same error pops up. Any ideas perhaps? 😞

~ node -v
v9.8.0

In my case it happens when i install yarn and seems there are conflict happens in there

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