npm run protractor` doesn't work on Mac OS X 10.9.5

[marklovett]

Seems to work intermittently. At the very bottom of this page shows a recent successful run of protractor.

I tried this solution- downloading https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads manualy and copy in ... /node_modules/protractor/selenium/ directory

It worked one time, then failed. Help!

npm ERR! Darwin 13.4.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "protractor"
npm ERR! node v0.12.2
npm ERR! npm v2.7.5
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor: protractor test/protractor-conf.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor script 'protractor test/protractor-conf.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the angular-phonecat package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! protractor test/protractor-conf.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-phonecat
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat/npm-debug.log
marks-mbp:angular-phonecat marklovett$ nano /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat/npm-debug.log

Debug log below:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'run', 'protractor' ]
2 info using npm@2.7.5
3 info using node@v0.12.2
4 verbose run-script [ 'preprotractor', 'protractor', 'postprotractor' ]
5 info preprotractor angular-phonecat@0.0.0
6 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
7 info protractor angular-phonecat@0.0.0
8 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 info angular-phonecat@0.0.0 Failed to exec protractor script
10 verbose stack Error: angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor: `protractor test/pro$
10 verbose stack Exit status 1
10 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n$
10 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
10 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n$
10 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
10 verbose stack at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
10 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1$
11 verbose pkgid angular-phonecat@0.0.0

It seems to work intermittently. The last time I ran protractor it worked!
At end of lesson 4, this is what I got:

marks-mbp:angular-phonecat marklovett$ npm run protractor

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 preprotractor /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat
npm run update-webdriver

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 preupdate-webdriver /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat
npm install

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 postinstall /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat
bower install

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 update-webdriver /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat
webdriver-manager update

selenium standalone is up to date.
chromedriver is up to date.

angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor /Users/marklovett/angular-phonecat
protractor test/protractor-conf.js

util.puts: Use console.log instead
Using ChromeDriver directly...
..

Finished in 3.871 seconds
2 tests, 5 assertions, 0 failures

[gnzlbg]

I have the same problem

[vnctaing]

Same here

Updating selenium standalone
downloading http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.42/selenium-server-standalone-2.42.2.jar...
Updating chromedriver
downloading https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/2.10/chromedriver_mac32.zip...
chromedriver_2.10.zip downloaded to /Users/vnctaing/projects/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/selenium/chromedriver_2.10.zip

/Users/vnctaing/projects/angular-phonecat/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/adm-zip/zipFile.js:66
throw Utils.Errors.INVALID_FORMAT;
^
Invalid or unsupported zip format. No END header found

npm ERR! Darwin 14.1.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "update-webdriver"
npm ERR! node v0.12.0
npm ERR! npm v2.7.6
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! angular-phonecat@0.0.0 update-webdriver: webdriver-manager update
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the angular-phonecat@0.0.0 update-webdriver script 'webdriver-manager update'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the angular-phonecat package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! webdriver-manager update
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-phonecat
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/vnctaing/projects/angular-phonecat/npm-debug.log

npm ERR! Darwin 14.1.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "protractor"
npm ERR! node v0.12.0
npm ERR! npm v2.7.6
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! angular-phonecat@0.0.0 preprotractor: npm run update-webdriver
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the angular-phonecat@0.0.0 preprotractor script 'npm run update-webdriver'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the angular-phonecat package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! npm run update-webdriver
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls angular-phonecat
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/vnctaing/projects/angular-phonecat/npm-debug.log

[leocaseiro]

Same problem =/

[leocaseiro]

I've fixed installing Protactor globally:
npm install -g protractor

[vnctaing]

I created a pyenv-virtualenv set with a 2.7.8 python version and it did the trick. It seems that protractor doesn't work with python 3.x.x.

[heeeee10]

Anyone knows how to execute the command line: npm run protractor when I already typed: npm start. Because when I typed npm start, I cannot type any command line anymore in the terminal

[leocaseiro]

Ctrl+C(Mac or PC) to kill any process that's running in your terminal.

[davidt22]

I have the same problem. Anyone has a tested solution that works ? Please, solve it.

[davidt22]

The solution is here for me: Mac OS Yosemite 10.10.5
#230
Solution fixed running npm update-webdriver for me.
After I still had to remove chromeOnly: true and add directConnect: true in test/protractor-conf.js to succesfully run npm run protractor.

[craig-o-curtis]

@davidt22

Wow! I've been working on getting the protractor working ALL weekend! That fixed it!

• 1. install protractor globally:

npm install -g protractor

• 2. Got to the test/protractor-conf.js file, change to:

// chromeOnly: true, directConnect: true,

• 3. Do the rest of the steps:

npm run update-webdriver
npm run protractor

This fixed the following error:
angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor:protractor test/protractor-conf.js npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the angular-phonecat@0.0.0 protractor script 'protractor test/protractor-conf.js'.