I just want to install socket.io to my project which is located on 3.chat folder. But when I run following command it shows following Warnings.And its not created a node_modules directory inside my project folder. How to fix this?
C:\Users\Nuwanst\Documents\NodeJS\3.chat>npm install socket.io
C:\Users\Nuwanst
`-- socket.io@2.0.3
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\Nuwanst\package.json'
npm WARN Nuwanst No description
npm WARN Nuwanst No repository field.
npm WARN Nuwanst No README data
npm WARN Nuwanst No license field.
Have you created a package.json file? Maybe run this command first again.
C:\Users\Nuwanst\Documents\NodeJS\3.chat>npm init
It creates a package.json file in your folder.
Then run,
C:\Users\Nuwanst\Documents\NodeJS\3.chat>npm install socket.io --save
The --save
ensures your module is saved as a dependency in your package.json file.
Let me know if this works.
If you already have package-lock.json
file just delete it and try again.
Delete package-lock.json
it works for me
then npm install
You need to make sure if package.json file exist in app folder. i run into same problem differently but solution would be same
Run this command where "package.json" file exist. even i experience similar problem then i change the folder and got resolve it. for more explanation i run c:\selfPractice> npm start whereas my package.json resides in c:\selfPractice\frontend> then i change the folder and run c:\selfPractice\frontend> npm start and it got run
finally, I got a solution if you are getting:-
**npm WARN tar ENOENT: no such file or directory,.......**
then it is no issue of npm or its version it is os permission issue to resolve this you need to use below command:-
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER *
additional
sudo chmod -R 777 *
then run:-
sudo npm i
if your node_modules got installed in say /home/UserName/ like in my case,
your package-lock.json file will also be there. just delete this file, go back to your app folder and run npm init
and then npm install <pkgname>
(e.g express) and a new node_modules folder will be created for your.
I had this in a new project on Windows. npm install
had created a node_modules
folder for me, but it had somehow created the folder without giving me full control over it. I gave myself full control over node_modules
and node_modules\.staging
and it worked after that.
If your folder already have package.json
Then,
Copy the path of package.json
Open terminal
Write:
cd your_path_to_package.json
Press ENTER
Then Write:
npm install
This worked for me
we need to create package.json by entering npm init
and enter package name as package.json and optionally fill other requirements else press enter and at last
enter yes to confirm.
Great!!
Now install any npm package without any error.
npm install <package_name>
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