On Windows: running command 'npm' had status 1

[TanyaMurphy]

I am getting the following error for checkGitbook(), gitbookInfo() and newGitbook("testbook") although I do have node.js installed, had no trouble installing gitbook (via R or node bash) and the node_modules folder was created in my project directory. Unlike janeshdev, restarting Windows did not help.

> newGitbook("testbook")

Usage: npm <command>

where <command> is one of:
    add-user, adduser, apihelp, author, bin, bugs, c, cache,
    completion, config, ddp, dedupe, deprecate, docs, edit,
    explore, faq, find, find-dupes, get, help, help-search,
    home, i, info, init, install, isntall, issues, la, link,
    list, ll, ln, login, ls, outdated, owner, pack, prefix,
    prune, publish, r, rb, rebuild, remove, repo, restart, rm,
    root, run-script, s, se, search, set, show, shrinkwrap,
    star, stars, start, stop, submodule, t, tag, test, tst, un,
    uninstall, unlink, unpublish, unstar, up, update, v,
    version, view, whoami

npm <cmd> -h     quick help on <cmd>
npm -l           display full usage info
npm faq          commonly asked questions
npm help <term>  search for help on <term>
npm help npm     involved overview

Specify configs in the ini-formatted file:
    C:\Users\Tanya\.npmrc
or on the command line via: npm <command> --key value
Config info can be viewed via: npm help config

npm@1.4.9 C:\PROGRA~1\nodejs\node_modules\npm
Error in checkForGitbook(quiet = TRUE) : 
  Cannot find node.js. You can install it from http://nodejs.org/download/
In addition: Warning message:
running command 'npm' had status 1 

[harell]

I have the same problem. Using Win 7 64x, rstudio 0.98.507, r 3.1.0

> newGitbook("GitBook")

Usage: npm <command>

where <command> is one of:
    add-user, adduser, apihelp, author, bin, bugs, c, cache,
    completion, config, ddp, dedupe, deprecate, docs, edit,
    explore, faq, find, find-dupes, get, help, help-search,
    home, i, info, init, install, isntall, issues, la, link,
    list, ll, ln, login, ls, outdated, owner, pack, prefix,
    prune, publish, r, rb, rebuild, remove, repo, restart, rm,
    root, run-script, s, se, search, set, show, shrinkwrap,
    star, stars, start, stop, submodule, t, tag, test, tst, un,
    uninstall, unlink, unpublish, unstar, up, update, v,
    version, view, whoami

npm <cmd> -h     quick help on <cmd>
npm -l           display full usage info
npm faq          commonly asked questions
npm help <term>  search for help on <term>
npm help npm     involved overview

Specify configs in the ini-formatted file:
    C:\Users\Delta\.npmrc
or on the command line via: npm <command> --key value
Config info can be viewed via: npm help config

npm@1.4.9 C:\PROGRA~2\nodejs\node_modules\npm
Error in checkForGitbook(quiet = TRUE) : 
  Cannot find node.js. You can install it from http://nodejs.org/download/
In addition: Warning message:
running command 'npm' had status 1

[raulossada]

I have found the same problem and I have submitted this Pull Request #22 that fixes this issue for me.

If you wish, for now, you can download my fixes using:

devtools::install_github("raulossada/Rgitbook");
require(Rgitbook);

# Install gitbook-plugin globally instead of locally
system("npm install gitbook-plugin -g");

Also, I had to manually download and install in the appropriate place the phantomjs-1.9.7-windows.zip from: http://phantomjs.org/download.html

# Check if npm and the gitbook module is installed on your machine
checkForGitbook();

# Check if the lastest version of the gitbook module is installed on your machine
gitbookInfo();

# Create a test book
newGitbook("testbook");

# Initialize your test book 
initGitbook();

# Build your *.Rmd files into *.md files
buildGitbook();

# Open your test book on a web browser
openGitbook();

Hope this help you.

[bluepill5]

Thanks @raulossada that's work for me.