Troubleshooting Gulp command failures in an SCA project

While working on a SuiteCommerce Advanced (SCA) project, we often use gulp commands such as gulp extension:fetch or gulp extension:deploy to manage and deploy extensions. However, a common issue that can arise is Gulp appearing to be installed, yet failing to execute properly—throwing errors like “Local gulp version unknown”.

  1. Uninstall the current Node.js version
  2. Remove the existing Node.js installation completely to ensure no residual configuration files remain. This helps eliminate any corrupted or conflicting setups.
  3. Install Node.js using nvm
  • nvm install node
  • Set it as the default version:
  1. nvm use node nvm alias default node
  2. Reinstall Gulp
  3. With Node.js properly installed via nvm, reinstall Gulp globally and locally:
  4. npm install –global gulp-cli npm install –save-dev gulp
  5. Verify Installation
  6. Confirm that Gulp is correctly installed and recognized:

gulp –version

You should now see both the CLI and local versions listed without errors.

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