I'm using babel v7.6.x and have set up the following.

package.json

 "scripts": {
    "dev": "nodemon --exec babel-node bin/index.js",
    "start": "babel-node bin/index.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
...
"devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.6.4",
    "@babel/node": "^7.6.3",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.3",
    "nodemon": "^1.19.4"
  }

.babelrc

{
    "presets":[
        "@babel/preset-env"
    ]
}

yet i am still getting :

'babel-node' is not recognized as an internal or external mand,
operable program or batch file.

It used to be working but since doing a recent npm install to get updated versions it has failed to start up successfully.

my node version is 10.15.2 npm version is 6.12.0

Thank you in advance!

I'm using babel v7.6.x and have set up the following.

package.json

 "scripts": {
    "dev": "nodemon --exec babel-node bin/index.js",
    "start": "babel-node bin/index.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
...
"devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.6.4",
    "@babel/node": "^7.6.3",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.3",
    "nodemon": "^1.19.4"
  }

.babelrc

{
    "presets":[
        "@babel/preset-env"
    ]
}

yet i am still getting :

'babel-node' is not recognized as an internal or external mand,
operable program or batch file.

It used to be working but since doing a recent npm install to get updated versions it has failed to start up successfully.

my node version is 10.15.2 npm version is 6.12.0

Thank you in advance!

• javascript
• node.js
• npm
• babeljs
• babel-node

2 Answers 2

Remove package directory:

rm -rf node_modules

Install again:

yarn

or

npm install

Check there is no errors

Check enough free space available

Check existence of files:

• node_modules/.bin/babel-node
• node_modules/.bin/babel-node.cmd - windows only
• node_modules/@babel/node/bin/babel-node.js

I have also run into the same problem. but found the problem might have been with the plugin versions i was using.

Check out this question