default Gulp task hitting an error

[barrars]

NPM install / gulp then error:

[09:24:53] Using gulpfile ~\amphtml\gulpfile.js
[09:24:53] Starting 'watch'...
Bundling amp-anim
Bundling amp-audio
Bundling amp-carousel
Bundling amp-fit-text
Bundling amp-iframe
Bundling amp-image-lightbox
Bundling amp-instagram
Bundling amp-lightbox
Bundling amp-slides
Bundling amp-twitter
Bundling amp-youtube
Processing ads.amp.html
Processing article.amp.html
Processing article-metadata/json-ld.amp.html
Processing article-metadata/microdata.amp.html
Processing everything.amp.html
Processing instagram.amp.html
Processing released.amp.html
Processing twitter.amp.html
Recompiling CSS.
Processing 3p/frame.max.html
[09:24:53] Finished 'watch' after 215 ms
[09:24:53] Starting 'default'...
[09:24:53] Finished 'default' after 18 μs
fs.js:848
return binding.symlink(preprocessSymlinkDestination(destination, type),
^
Error: EPERM, operation not permitted '\amphtml\dist.3p\current'
at Error (native)
at Object.fs.symlinkSync (fs.js:848:18)
at DestroyableTransform. (\amphtml\gulpfile.js:293:12)
at DestroyableTransform.emit (events.js:129:20)
at \amphtml\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\through
2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib_stream_readable.js:965:16
at process._tickCallback (node.js:355:11)

[erwinmombay]

@barrars can you tell me the OS (and version) and node/npm version you have? Thanks!

[barrars]

Win8.1
node: 0.12.7 hmm didn't realize how long ago I installed this, also updating this
npm: 2.11.3
when I run

npm install 

I had some errors related to needing to install visual studios which I'm doing right now.

[erwinmombay]

@barrars thanks. i don't have convenient access to a windows machine right now, i'll try and get a VM up and running to investigate.

[barrars]

I updated to node 4.1.2 and re-ran everything. I'm still getting an error about installing MS visual studio which is going slowly. I'll let you know.

I also don't understand the directions to map the localhost ....

[erwinmombay]

hmm might not need to do that part, i didnt have to do that for mac osx either

[barrars]

still getting

[11:33:35] Finished 'watch' after 221 ms                                                                                   
[11:33:35] Starting 'default'...                                                                                           
[11:33:35] Finished 'default' after 9.29 μs                                                                                
fs.js:902                                                                                                                  
  return binding.symlink(preprocessSymlinkDestination(destination, type, path),                                            
                 ^                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                           
Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, symlink '.\1444674815295' -> 'C:\Users\scott\Desktop\localProject\amphtm            
l\dist.3p\current'                                                                                                         
    at Error (native)                                                                                                      
    at Object.fs.symlinkSync (fs.js:902:18)                                                                                
    at DestroyableTransform. (C:\Users\scott\Desktop\localProject\amphtml\gulpfile.js:293:12)                   
    at emitNone (events.js:72:20)                                                                                          
    at DestroyableTransform.emit (events.js:166:7)                                                                         
    at C:\Users\scott\Desktop\localProject\amphtml\node_modules\gulp\node_modules\vinyl-fs\node_modules\through2\node_modules\readable-stream\lib\_stream_readable.js:965:16
    at doNTCallback0 (node.js:408:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:337:13)
PS C:\Users\scott\Desktop\localProject\amphtml>            

[erwinmombay]

probably related nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#6342

EPERM means 'permission denied.' The default security policy allows only administrators to create symbolic links.

[barrars]

Doh, running with admin seems to have fixed it. Does

 gulp 

start a localhost ? here is my stdput. It just says finished.

PS C:\Users\scott\Desktop\localProject\amphtml> gulp
[11:42:07] Using gulpfile ~\Desktop\localProject\amphtml\gulpfile.js
[11:42:07] Starting 'watch'...
Bundling amp-anim
Bundling amp-audio
Bundling amp-carousel
Bundling amp-fit-text
Bundling amp-iframe
Bundling amp-image-lightbox
Bundling amp-instagram
Bundling amp-lightbox
Bundling amp-slides
Bundling amp-twitter
Bundling amp-youtube
Processing ads.amp.html
Processing article.amp.html
Processing article-metadata/json-ld.amp.html
Processing article-metadata/microdata.amp.html
Processing everything.amp.html
Processing instagram.amp.html
Processing released.amp.html
Processing twitter.amp.html
Recompiling CSS.
Processing 3p/frame.max.html
[11:42:08] Finished 'watch' after 234 ms
[11:42:08] Starting 'default'...
[11:42:08] Finished 'default' after 7.82 µs 

[barrars]

Update actually....I just ran tests and it seems to have passed. I can't run

 http-server -p 8000 -c-1 

though. The error says that task is not in the gulpfile. How do I launch a server for demos?

[erwinmombay]

sorry, my reply got lost or something.

so you'll need to run npm i -g http-server to install http-server then you can run that comman

[erwinmombay]

thanks for being patient btw, i'll try and update the docs or feel free to submit a PR to fix the docs :)

[barrars]

Awesome, thank you sir. I may include a little windows perspective later haha.

[erwinmombay]

@barrars yeah that would be terrific 👯 if i can get my new gaming rig i can start testing on windows lol

[erwinmombay]

@barrars closing this, feel free to submit a PR!