Intellij error gulp is not on your path

Question

I'm running a project in intellij that uses gulp. After running the debug I get this error.

    | Error Error executing script RunApp: java.lang.RuntimeException: Problem executing execUiBuild.
standard out: 'Installing npm packages and running gulp.
gulp is not on your path. Make sure it is installed.

Anyone know how to fix this. I have gulp installed on my machine already.

Check the preferences in IntelliJ to see where in your PATH it is looking for gulp. Which OS are you running? — Dov Benyomin Sohacheski, Apr 12 '16 at 21:22
10.10.4. I tried to find a PATH to gulp in the preferences but couldn't find one ? You know which of the preferences it is ? — me-me, Apr 12 '16 at 21:45
Take a look at [gulp not found](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22224831/no-command-gulp-found-after-installation) . — Simon Schüpbach, Apr 12 '16 at 21:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '16 at 18:12

In Intellij you can add Build/Run Configurations.

Depending on where you have Node installed and Gulp the paths will be different but here is where you can enter it for the project.

You can get to this screen by choosing "Run" -> "Edit Configurations"

If you haven't already setup a gulp task you can add one by choosing the + on the very top left of the window.

You can get the path to the installed version of node by doing the following command in a terminal:

which node

if you are using nvm it should return something like:

/Users/YOURUSERNAME/.nvm/v0.12.0/bin/node

Gulp should be in the /lib/node_modules/ folder of node that you have installed:

/Users/YOURUSERNAME/.nvm/v0.12.0/lib/node_modules/gulp

Those are the two paths that you need to get it up and running.

You can also setup a default for all your gulp tasks so that the **Node Interpreter** and **Gulp Package** paths are setup for each new configuration that you setup. — CDouglas, Apr 13 '16 at 19:18

Intellij error gulp is not on your path

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