# Au run --watch not working after install bootstrap and JQuery

**URL:** <https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592>\
**Category:** Help Requests\
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592 "2018-01-04T05:21:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![luissucuc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/luissucuc/32/419_2.png) [@luissucuc](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/luissucuc)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/1 "2018-01-04T05:21:52Z")

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I’m learning Aurelia by following Contact Manager Tutorial but after installing bootstrap and jquery:

```
npm install bootstrap --save
npm install jquery@^2.2.4 --save

```

and re-executing  
`au run --watch`

it asks for the creation of a new project.

My folder is like this  
[image](https://ibb.co/iaZxzw)

npm -v: 5.5.1  
node -v: 8.9.3

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**Author:** ![winter\_limelight](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/winter_limelight/32/226_2.png) [@winter\_limelight](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/winter_limelight)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/2 "2018-01-04T07:52:48Z")

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If I’m understanding right, you’re having problems just before [this step](http://aurelia.io/docs/tutorials/creating-a-contact-manager#building-out-the-default-route) in the tutorial?

`au` responding like that suggests that it can’t find an aurelia project to run.  
What directory are you running from?

`au` should be run from the root folder of the project i.e. the one containing aurelia\_project, scripts, src, etc.

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**Author:** ![luissucuc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/luissucuc/32/419_2.png) [@luissucuc](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/luissucuc)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/3 "2018-01-04T14:43:37Z")

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The link that you copied is broken 😅

I execute:  
au run --watch  
Inside the project folder, at first everything works correctly, but after installing bootstrap and jquery, the tutorial indicates the restart of the `au run --watch` it seems that the project is damaged and asks me to create a new one.

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**Author:** ![rhassler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/rhassler/32/194_2.png) [@rhassler](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/rhassler)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/4 "2018-01-04T15:17:47Z")

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Did you change to the project folder before running au run --watch?

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**Author:** ![luissucuc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/luissucuc/32/419_2.png) [@luissucuc](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/luissucuc)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/5 "2018-01-04T16:59:09Z")

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yes,  
cd name-proyect  
au run --watch

at the beginning the project run without problems, after that:  
npm install bootstrap --save  
npm install jquery@^2.2.4 --save

the problem was generated. This is the tutorial: [Tutorial](http://aurelia.io/docs/tutorials/creating-a-contact-manager#building-the-application-shell)

(Thanks for the help)

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**Author:** ![rhassler](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/rhassler/32/194_2.png) [@rhassler](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/rhassler)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/6 "2018-01-04T21:37:24Z")

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The error message means that the cli cannot find an Aurelia project in your current folder. Are there subfolders named aurelia\_project, scripts and src? If not, I suggest deleting your folder and starting over. If you installed node and npm globally you won’t need to install them again.

I just created a new project with aurelia cli, then installed bootstrap and jquery and everything worked fine.

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**Author:** ![luissucuc](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/discourse.aurelia.io/luissucuc/32/419_2.png) [@luissucuc](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/luissucuc)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/7 "2018-01-05T00:00:26Z")

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This is my folder  
 ![Captura de pantalla de 2018-01-04 17-57-47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/aurelia/original/1X/a1c1a22600b94c252362706d945bda5c12dbfabc.png)

Create three new projects and when installing bootstrap and jQuery, the project is no longer recognized. I’ll have to try it on another computer.  
Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![monis01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@monis01](https://discourse.aurelia.io/u/monis01)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://discourse.aurelia.io/t/au-run-watch-not-working-after-install-bootstrap-and-jquery/592/8 "2018-02-16T06:07:43Z")

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Yes same is happening with me  
here I have submitted issue :  
[CLI issue](https://github.com/aurelia/cli/issues/826)