Gulp - Installation
This article provides a step-by-step procedure of Gulp installation.
System Requirements for Gulp
Operating System − Cross-platform
Browser Support − IE (Internet Explorer 8+), Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera
Installation of Gulp
Step 1 − We need Node.js to run Gulp examples. To download Node.js, open the https://nodejs.org/en/, you will see a screen as shown below −
Download the latest features version of the zip file.
Step 2 − Next, run the setup to install the NodeJs on your computer.
Step 3 − You need to set environment variables.
Path User Variable
- Right-click on My Computer.
- Select Properties.
- Select Advanced tab and click ‘Environment Variables’.
You will get an Edit User Variable window as shown in the following screenshot. Add Node.js folder path in the Variable Value field as C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm. If the path is set already for other files, then you need to put a semicolon (;) after that and add the Node.js path as shown in the following screenshot.
At the end, click the ‘Ok’ button.
System Variable
Step 4 − Open the command prompt in your system and enter the following command. It will display the installed Node.js version.
node -v
Step 5 − In the command prompt, enter the following command to display the version of npm (Node.js package manager) which is used to install modules. It will display the installed Node.js version.
npm -v
Step 6 − In the command prompt, enter the following command to install Gulp. Adding “-g” flag ensures that the Gulp is globally available for any project.
npm install gulp -g
Step 7 − To verify that Gulp has been installed successfully, enter the following command to display the Gulp version.
gulp -v
