Issue with installing the Angular CLI

Question

I installed the Angular CLI (or so I thought) using the command prompt but when I check the version, it is not there.

Keyed: cd "C:\Dans\Work 2\Tech\Dot Net\Asp.Net Core\MVC web api with Angular7\master\gym-project" Hit enter.

Keyed: npm install -g @angular/cli Hit enter.

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It indicates it updated.

But when I go to check the version, It get an error and there is no 'node_modules' folder in the path as there should be.

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Answer 1

First off, you are installing @angular/cli at a global level. This will not create a 'node_modules' folder in the current directory.

You are getting an error when you try to use ng --version because you are in a directory that has a package.json file (which I imagine has a local version of @angular/cli specified) but there is no local 'node_modules' folder.

Solution:

npm i

This will read the package.json file and locally install all of the node modules required for the project in a 'node_modules' folder that it will create. After that, your ng --version command should work.

Answer 2

Try creating a directory called node_modules at C:\Dans\Work 2\Tech\Dot Net\Asp.Net Core\MVC web api with Angular7\master\gym-project". Then close your terminal, reopen your terminal, navigate to the above mentioned path, and issue a ng version and ng help to see if the issue persists. If it does I would reinstall angular cli.

Hopefully that helps