React on Github Pages: gh-pages package not working - reactjs

Question

Problem
I am trying to put my React app on github pages. However, I can't even deploy the app to GitHub pages.
My Setup
I am using Visual Studio Code on my Windows 10 machine. I created my React app with create-react-app. I followed this tutorial to set up my app for Github Pages. This is my package.json:
{
"homepage": "https://MisturDust319.github.io/ign_code_foo",
"name": "ign_code_foo",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"axios": "^0.18.0",
"bootstrap": "^4.1.0",
"gh-pages": "^1.1.0",
"react": "^16.3.1",
"react-dom": "^16.3.1",
"react-scripts": "1.1.4",
"reactstrap": "^5.0.0-beta.3"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom",
"eject": "react-scripts eject",
"predeploy": "npm run build",
"deploy:": "gh-pages -d build"
},
"devDependencies": {}
}
The full source is available here
What I've Done
To deploy, you are supposed to just run
npm run deploy
However, when I enter that command, from Windows PowerShell, Git Bash, and the Command Prompt, I just get several variations of "command not found".
In response, I uninstalled gh-pages from dev-dependencies and reinstalled it as a normal dependency. No change. At this point, I've exhausted all solutions I can think of, and Google has only pulled up people who didn't include the deploy command in package.json.

Answer 1

You need to install gh-pages globally by adding "-g":
npm install -g gh-pages --save-dev
and then
npm run deploy
Docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-packages-globally

Answer 2

You need install gh-pages before running deploy, run:
npm install --save-dev gh-pages
then
npm run deploy

Answer 3

I cannot add a comment to this post, because I don't have enough score. But there is an error in the your package.json code:
"deploy:": "gh-pages -d build"
Because, there is an extra semicolon :. It should be:
"deploy": "gh-pages -d build"

Answer 4

Little explanation about why this issue is happening ,followed by the fix of this issue
In package.json file
"devDependencies": {
"gh": "^2.8.6",
"pages": "0.0.16"
}
gets created when we run npm install gh pages —save-dev
but to deploy our project when we run npm run deploy that time it checks in package.json file against deploy which script is mentioned
Since in package.json
"scripts": {
"deploy": "gh-pages -d build",
....}
gh-pages -d build script is mentioned.
It will try to perform this operation but the reason its throwing error like this( if you are mac user) on npm run deploy
sh: gh-pages: command not found
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! basic#0.1.0 deploy: `gh-pages -d build`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the basic#0.1.0 deploy script.
is because gh-pages also need to be installed globally as well.
So if you run npm install -g gh-pages --save-dev
Issue which you're getting related to gh-pages installation will get resolved.

Answer 5

Might be a path problem, it's a usual case for Windows users that try to use cmd instead of *nix terminal. Try to exit and enter cmd if you didn't yet. After that you should ensure that it can access gh-pages package.
Also you might look on answers to a similar question. And ensure that your git version is >= 1.9 as it's told in requirements.

Answer 6

I had copied items into the wrong section. In my case my dependencies are above the scripts and I had put two scripts in the dependencies section like a money. Moving them into the right place resolved the issue for me.
Tip: make sure your script are not placed in the wrong section.

Answer 7

Very, very likely you don't have git added to your Path variable
If running git in your CMD results in an error - this is the issue.
Add git.exe and other binaries to your path, usually it C:\Program Files\Git\bin and try again running gh-pages -d build