# Error installing gulp bower and running gulp watch

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/error-installing-gulp-bower-and-running-gulp-watch/8204
**Category:** sage
**Tags:** gulp
**Created:** 2016-11-27T17:09:40Z
**Posts:** 6

## Post 1 by @dcoderk — 2016-11-27T17:09:40Z

are we using old version of node or latest?  
gulp watch is not running got some error

error message

npm install error - npm does not support Node.js v0.12.17

SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.  
at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:73:16)  
at Module.\_compile (module.js:443:25)

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## Post 4 by @ben — 2016-11-27T18:00:43Z

Are you using Node 0.12.x? If so, update Node.js using nvm. See instructions here:

> [@Npm Debugging Guidelines (Failed npm install, bower install, or gulp build? Read this)](https://discourse.roots.io/t/npm-debugging-guidelines-failed-npm-install-bower-install-or-gulp-build-read-this/3060):
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> [Sage is tested on Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/roots/sage) with every commit to make sure that npm install, bower install, and gulp all work properly. Bugs can still pop up, but usually there’s something wrong with your environment if you can’t get things running. If you’re running into problems, first make sure that your development environment [meets the minimum requirements](https://github.com/roots/sage#requirements): Node.js \>= 4.5.0 gulp \>= 3.8.10 Bower \>= 1.3.12 Ensure you’re using the latest version of npm: npm install -g npm@latest Then run npm cache clear &…

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## Post 5 by @dcoderk — 2016-11-28T01:58:29Z

when they are planning to update the docs here

> **[Theme Development and Building | Sage Documentation | Roots](https://roots.io/sage/docs/theme-development-and-building/)**
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> The primary projects that make up the Sage development workflow for building WordPress themes: gulp, Bower, BrowserSync, asset-builder, and wiredep.

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## Post 6 by @ben — 2016-11-28T02:15:07Z

Done with [https://github.com/roots/docs/commit/e6f5f6eeb740192d9cdac9ae769fa5c558df568e](https://github.com/roots/docs/commit/e6f5f6eeb740192d9cdac9ae769fa5c558df568e), didn’t realize that page was out of date. Thanks.