Any idea how I can fix this error? TypeError: gulp.hasTask is not a function
Hello,
I'm jumping back into an older Laravel 5.2 app that used to run gulp just fine but I went to run it today and it didn't work. I think I messed with my Node / NPM versions since I last ran it so I suspected this had something to do with it. I deleted my node_modules folder completely, downgraded my Node version to 6.4.0 then ran:
sudo npm install --global gulp-cli
Then I ran the following:
sudo npm install
After doing that I ran gulp and now I'm getting this error:
[20:07:55] Using gulpfile ~/eclipse-projects/ucpics/gulpfile.js
[20:07:55] Starting 'default'...
[20:07:55] 'default' errored after 2.25 ms
[20:07:55] TypeError: gulp.hasTask is not a function
at /Users/tommytompkins/eclipse-projects/ucpics/node_modules/run-sequence/index.js:19:22
at Array.forEach (native)
at verifyTaskSets (/Users/tommytompkins/eclipse-projects/ucpics/node_modules/run-sequence/index.js:13:11)
at runSequence (/Users/tommytompkins/eclipse-projects/ucpics/node_modules/run-sequence/index.js:92:2)
at /Users/tommytompkins/eclipse-projects/ucpics/node_modules/laravel-elixir/tasks/default.js:18:16
at taskWrapper (/Users/tommytompkins/eclipse-projects/ucpics/node_modules/undertaker/lib/set-task.js:13:15)
at bound (domain.js:280:14)
at runBound (domain.js:293:12)
at asyncRunner (/Users/tommytompkins/eclipse-projects/ucpics/node_modules/async-done/index.js:55:18)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
Anyone have any idea how I can fix this and still run gulp on Laravel 5.2? Thanks in advance!
I'm still trying to figure out why this is not working and I'm curious if there was any sort of well known reason why Laravel 5.2 / Elixir / Gulp would no longer work after so much time? I feel like there might be something simple about that setup that I'm just not aware of. I did notice that Elixir isn't even a thing anymore and has been replaced by something called Mix? Might this have something to do with it?
I don't want to go down the rabbit hole of upgrading from 5.2 to 5.5 quite yet. I just need to get my 5.2 install that used to work great on my machine working again. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.
After that I deleted my node_modules folder ran a new 'npm install' and everything was working fine again. Hopefully that helps somebody else from pulling their hair out.
