bower@1.7.5 install fails

[mllrjb]

[INFO] Running 'bower install' in /home/jenkins/workspace/my-app
[ERROR] module.js:339
[ERROR]     throw err;
[ERROR]     ^
[ERROR] 
[ERROR] Error: Cannot find module '/home/jenkins/workspace/my-app/node_modules/bower/bin/bower'
[ERROR]     at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:337:15)
[ERROR]     at Function.Module._load (module.js:287:25)
[ERROR]     at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:467:10)
[ERROR]     at startup (node.js:136:18)
[ERROR]     at node.js:963:3

It looks like bower changed their structure to .lib/bin from ./bin, so it breaks builds.

Any reason not to use node_modules/.bin/bower instead of node_modules/bower/bin?

[mllrjb]

I think something odd is happening with Bower, because the previous version was 1.7.2, so I'm not sure why they jumped. Either way, would it make sense to link via node_modules/.bin anyways?

[bornholtz]

Anyone have a quick fix for this?

[mllrjb]

@bornholtz - yes, using bower@1.7.2 fixes for me.

[Botffy]

For the record, the bower issue is bower/bower#2157. It's all fixed now, which is awesome.

[eirslett]

Ok, I'll close this then. If anybody wants to fix it thoroughly, by letting all the mojos (grunt, gulp, bower etc) use the correct bin path, feel free to send a PR.

[mllrjb]

I'll carve out some time to do that, unless somebody beats me to it :)