Bower components directory does not exist

[palpalani]

Fresh install in my windows machine with xampp stack.

When i run gulp, i am geeting the followin error.
Error: Bower components directory does not exist at d:\xampp\htdocs\l aravel5-angular-material-starter\bower_components

[jadjoubran]

I think you forgot to run the bower install command
Let me know if that fixes it for you

[palpalani]

I did bower install and the packages are under www\packages folder.

[jadjoubran]

Do you have a global .bowerrc that changes the default folder to www\packages? There isn't any .bowerrc committed in this repository so it must be something on your end changing the default directory for bower.
Can you check if there's a .bowerrc anywhere?

[palpalani]

I don't see the file .bowerrc.
i just removed www\packages the folder and i run again bower install, it store the file under www\packages only.

Then i created new file .bowerrc with contents
{ "directory": "bower_components" }
Now works every think.

Thanks

[jadjoubran]

I guess you have a global .bowerrc
Can you check if you have one in your root directory? (I guess it's C:/users/your-username)