Error ENOSPC npm + laravel MIX + WEBPACK

gistfile1.txt

ERROR MESSAGE

events.js:160
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: watch /var/www/Libero/app ENOSPC
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:1020:11)
    at FSWatcher.start (fs.js:1451:19)
    at Object.fs.watch (fs.js:1478:11)
    at createFsWatchInstance (/var/www/Libero/node_modules/chokidar/lib/nodefs-handler.js:37:15)
    at setFsWatchListener (/var/www/Libero/node_modules/chokidar/lib/nodefs-handler.js:80:15)
    at FSWatcher.NodeFsHandler._watchWithNodeFs (/var/www/Libero/node_modules/chokidar/lib/nodefs-handler.js:228:14)
    at FSWatcher.NodeFsHandler._handleDir (/var/www/Libero/node_modules/chokidar/lib/nodefs-handler.js:407:19)
    at FSWatcher.<anonymous> (/var/www/Libero/node_modules/chokidar/lib/nodefs-handler.js:455:19)
    at FSWatcher.<anonymous> (/var/www/Libero/node_modules/chokidar/lib/nodefs-handler.js:460:16)
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:123:15)

Solution:

the system has a limit to how many files can be watched by a user. You can run out of watches pretty quickly if you have Grunt running with other programs like Dropbox.

The post suggest running this to increase the number of watches that are available.

echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p