To get started I ran:

npm install --save-dev babel-cli

npm install --save-dev babel-preset-es2015

npm install --save-dev babel-preset-stage-0 

Here is my package.json:

   {

      scripts: {

        build: babel src -d dist

      },

      devDependencies: {

        babel-cli: ^6.6.5,

        babel-core: ^6.7.2,

        babel-preset-es2015: ^6.6.0,

        babel-preset-stage-0: ^6.5.0

      }

    }

Here is my .babelrc file:

{

  presets: [es2015, stage-0]

}

My file structure is like this:

- Root

    - src

        - client 

        - server

        - test  

    - dist 

    - package.json

I am calling npm run build from the root folder. I am expecting it to compile the source folder into the dist folder. It runs and then I get this error:

> babel src -d dist



sh: babel: command not found



npm ERR! Darwin 15.2.0

npm ERR! argv /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/npm run build

npm ERR! node v5.8.0

npm ERR! npm  v3.7.3

npm ERR! file sh

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! errno ENOENT

npm ERR! syscall spawn

npm ERR! [email protected] build: `babel src -d dist`

npm ERR! spawn ENOENT

npm ERR! 

npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] build script 'babel src -d dist'.

npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.

npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the redacted package,

npm ERR! not with npm itself.

npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:

npm ERR!     babel src -d dist

npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:

npm ERR!     npm bugs redacted

npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:

npm ERR!     npm owner ls redacted

npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.



npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:

npm ERR!     /Users/user/redacted/npm-debug.log

So as you can see, I've installed babel-cli, I've installed the presets, and I think everything is in order according to the babel docs.

Does anyone have ideas about why it wouldn't be working? Could I be missing a babel npm file? Is babel src -d dist incorrect?

Thanks for any help you can provide!

I made another folder and followed the same steps, it worked perfectly. For some reason it's not working in this directory.