How do I debug “Error: spawn ENOENT” on node.js?

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How do I debug “Error: spawn ENOENT” on node.js?

When I get the following error:*

events.js:72
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: spawn ENOENT
at errnoException (child_process.js:1000:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:791:34)

*What procedure can I follow to fix it?

debugging nodejs

3 years ago by Amit8z4mc

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**akshay1995** · Answer 1 · 2021-07-02T11:40:32

Replace spawn with node-cross-spawn. For instance like this at the beginning of your app.js:



(function() {

    var childProcess = require("child_process");

    childProcess.spawn = require('cross-spawn');

})();

**RoliMishra** · Answer 2 · 2021-07-05T04:56:46

Windows solution: Replace spawn with node-cross-spawn. For instance like this at the beginning of your app.js:

(function() {

    var childProcess = require("child_process");

    childProcess.spawn = require('cross-spawn');

})();

**pankajshivnani123** · Answer 3 · 2021-07-05T13:13:43

in windows, simply adding shell: true option solved my problem:

incorrect:

const { spawn } = require('child_process');

const child = spawn('dir');

correct:

const { spawn } = require('child_process');

const child = spawn('dir', [], {shell: true});

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How do I debug “Error: spawn ENOENT” on node.js?

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