Webpack - webpack-dev-server: command not found

Question

I am working on a React webapp using webpack, loosely alongside this tutorial.

Accidentally, I added the node_modules folder to my git. I then removed it again using

Answer 1

For global installation : npm install webpack-dev-server -g

For local installation npm install --save-dev webpack

When you refer webpack in package.json file, it tries to look it in location node_modules\.bin\

After local installation, file wbpack will get created in location: \node_modules\.bin\webpack