NextJS not running on MacOS even after installing modules

Question

So I've just created a NextJS project using create-next-app which went smoothly as expected. Then ran npm i just to be sure and saw all modules installed into node_modules

When I try to run npm run dev to start my nextjs app. it just says

sh: next: command not found
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! [email protected] dev: `next dev`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] dev script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/john.v.n.pakson/.npm/_logs/2022-10-06T08_01_29_725Z-debug.log

It seems like npm is not detecting the node_modules i have installed.

Not sure if this is a mac or a zsh issue.

I'm using node version 12.22.12

Upgraded to 16.17.1 and still see the same error

> [email protected] dev
> next dev

/var/folders/6y/xtlzp4z16dj0stxnqx8znj8w0000gn/T/dev-01c08137.sh: line 1: next: command not found

Did you install your "global" next? npm install -g global or Yarn equivalent if using that. — tadman
– tadman, Commented Oct 6, 2022 at 8:15
no, it is not required globally, try removing node_modules and doing a npm install to see if that fixes it — Ian Craddock
– Ian Craddock, Commented Oct 6, 2022 at 8:24
hmmm reason actually is my file path. my project was in a folder with Project/Test as a name. I assume npm or zsh got confused cause once I moved it to another folder I could run npm run dev already — Vincent Pakson
– Vincent Pakson, Commented Oct 6, 2022 at 8:27

Vincent Pakson · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-06 08:28:52Z

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Okay I figured it out. It was caused by my file path on macos. My project was on a folder called Project/Test which might have confused zsh or mac. This in turn caused npm to not be able to find the correct scripts on my node_modules

When I moved my project to another folder I was already able to run npm run dev properly.

Cheers!

answered Oct 6, 2022 at 8:28

Vincent Pakson

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tadman Over a year ago

Putting a / in a directory name is one way to really confuse things. Good catch!

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