Error: Cannot find module 'ejs'

Question

Here is my complete error:

Error: Cannot find module \'ejs\'
    at Function._resolveFilename (module.js:317:11)
    at Function._load (module.js:262:25)
            


        

Answer 1

I ran into this problem after I forgot to install ejs before the first time I ran my app. For some reason ejs was not being seen after installing it later. I found a quick, clean, and effective solution to this problem which was to reinstall express by running npm uninstall express then npm install express in the local directory before restarting the server.

Answer 2

I had this problem. I debugged using node-inspector and saw that from the node_modules folder where the express source files were, ejs was not installed. So I installed it there and it worked.

npm install -g ejs didn't put it where I expected it to despite NODE_PATH being set to the same node_modules folder. Prob doing it wrong, just started with node.

Answer 3

I think ejs template engine is not properly installed on your machine. You just install the template engine using npm

npm install ejs --save

then include the following code in app.js

app.set('view engine', 'ejs')

Answer 4

In my case, I just uninstall then install ejs again.

npm uninstall ejs

then

npm install ejs

Answer 5

The error hit me when i was working on goormIDE. This happens basically when node packages arent inside the running file. The place where app.js or home.js is executed.

Answer 6

I my case, I just added ejs manually in package.json:

 {
   "name": "myApp"
   "dependencies": {
     "express": "^4.12.2",
     "ejs": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }

And run npm install (may be you need run it with sudo) Please note, that ejs looks views directory by default