How to solve npm error npm ERR code ELIFECYCLE

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I m trying to learn react  so I have this sample code for the full-stack react voting app  and I am trying to get it to work but after running npm install followed by npm start I receive the following error when I run npm start can anyone help me with this issue  npm ERR  Darwin 16 4 0 npm ERR  argv  quot  usr local bin node quot   quot  usr local bin npm quot   quot run quot   quot server quot  npm ERR  node v7 5 0 npm ERR  npm  v4 3 0 npm ERR  file sh npm ERR  code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR  errno ENOENT npm ERR  syscall spawn npm ERR  voting app 1 1 0 server   live-server --public --     host localhost --port 3000 --middleware   disable-browser-cache js  npm ERR  spawn ENOENT npm ERR  npm ERR  Failed at the voting app 1 1 0 server script  live-server -- public --host localhost --port 3000 --middleware   disable-browser-  cache js   npm ERR  Make sure you have the latest version of node js and npm   installed  npm ERR  If you do  this is most likely a problem with the voting app   package  npm ERR  not with npm itself  npm ERR  Tell the author that this fails on your system  npm ERR      live-server --public --host localhost --port 3000 --   middleware   disable-browser-cache js npm ERR  You can get information on how to open an issue for this   project with  npm ERR      npm bugs voting app npm ERR  Or if that isn t available  you can get their info via  npm ERR      npm owner ls voting app npm ERR  There is likely additional logging output above   npm ERR  Please include the following file with any support request  npm ERR       Users ItsMeMrLi  npm  logs 2017-02-17T22 48 03 581Z- debug log  npm ERR  Darwin 16 4 0 npm ERR  argv  quot  usr local bin node quot   quot  usr local bin npm quot   quot start quot  npm ERR  node v7 5 0 npm ERR  npm  v4 3 0 npm ERR  code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR  errno 1 npm ERR  voting app 1 1 0 start   npm run server  npm ERR  Exit status 1 npm ERR  npm ERR  Failed at the voting app 1 1 0 start script  npm run server   npm ERR  Make sure you have the latest version of node js and npm  installed  npm ERR  If you do  this is most likely a problem with the voting app     package  npm ERR  not with npm itself  npm ERR  Tell the author that this fails on your system  npm ERR      npm run server  npm ERR  You can get information on how to open an issue for this    project with  npm ERR      npm bugs voting app npm ERR  Or if that isn t available  you can get their info via  npm ERR      npm owner ls voting app npm ERR  There is likely additional logging output above   npm ERR  Please include the following file with any support request  npm ERR       Users ItsMeMrLi  npm  logs 2017-02-17T22 48 03 655Z- debug log  Here is my package json       quot name quot    quot voting app quot      quot version quot    quot 1 1 0 quot      quot author quot    quot Fullstack io quot      quot scripts quot          quot go quot    quot open http   localhost 3000  npm run server quot        quot e2e quot    quot nightwatch quot        quot test quot    quot   node modules  bin concurrently -k  npm run server   npm   run e2e  quot        quot start quot    quot npm run server quot        quot server quot    quot live-server public --host localhost --port 3000 --   middleware   disable-browser-cache js quot          quot private quot   true     quot devDependencies quot        quot concurrently quot    quot 2 2 0 quot      quot live-server quot    quot git   github com acco live-server git quot        quot dependencies quot        quot semantic-ui quot    quot git   github com Semantic-Org Semantic-   UI git 27d58a01793b66318478fbc5b6676804d22d065d quot         And finally my log file  0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli     usr local bin node     usr local bin npm    start    2 info using npm 4 3 0 3 info using node v7 5 0 4 verbose run-script    prestart    start    poststart    5 info lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 prestart  voting app 1 1 0 6 silly lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 prestart  no script for prestart  continuing 7 info lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  voting app 1 1 0 8 verbose lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 verbose lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  PATH   usr local lib node modules npm bin node-gyp-bin  Users ItsMeMrLi Downloads fullstack-react-code voting app node modules  bin  Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 3 6 bin  Users ItsMeMrLi  rvm gems ruby-2 3 1 bin  Users ItsMeMrLi  rvm gems ruby-2 3 1 global bin  Users ItsMeMrLi  rvm rubies ruby-2 3 1 bin  Users ItsMeMrLi  cargo bin  usr local Cellar smlnj 110 74 libexec bin  usr local bin  Users ItsMeMrLi homebrew bin  usr local bin  usr bin  bin  usr sbin  sbin  Applications Postgres app Contents Versions latest bin  Downloads geckodriver  usr local bin  Users ItsMeMrLi  rvm bin 10 verbose lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  CWD   Users ItsMeMrLi Downloads fullstack-react-code voting app 11 silly lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  Args     -c    npm run server    12 silly lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  Returned  code  1  signal  null 13 info lifecycle voting app 1 1 0 start  Failed to exec start script 14 verbose stack Error  voting app 1 1 0 start   npm run server  14 verbose stack Exit status 1 14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter  lt anonymous gt    usr local lib node modules npm lib utils lifecycle js 279 16  14 verbose stack     at emitTwo  events js 106 13  14 verbose stack     at EventEmitter emit  events js 192 7  14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess  lt anonymous gt    usr local lib node modules npm lib utils spawn js 40 14  14 verbose stack     at emitTwo  events js 106 13  14 verbose stack     at ChildProcess emit  events js 192 7  14 verbose stack     at maybeClose  internal child process js 890 16  14 verbose stack     at Process ChildProcess  handle onexit  internal child process js 226 5  15 verbose pkgid voting app 1 1 0 16 verbose cwd  Users ItsMeMrLi Downloads fullstack-react-code voting app 17 error Darwin 16 4 0 18 error argv  quot  usr local bin node quot   quot  usr local bin npm quot   quot start quot  19 error node v7 5 0 20 error npm  v4 3 0 21 error code ELIFECYCLE 22 error errno 1 23 error voting app 1 1 0 start   npm run server  23 error Exit status 1 24 error Failed at the voting app 1 1 0 start script  npm run server   24 error Make sure you have the latest version of node js and npm installed  24 error If you do  this is most likely a problem with the voting app package  24 error not with npm itself  24 error Tell the author that this fails on your system  24 error     npm run server 24 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with  24 error     npm bugs voting app 24 error Or if that isn t available  you can get their info via  24 error     npm owner ls voting app 24 error There is likely additional logging output above  25 verbose exit   1  true

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This solved me on ubuntu 16  1  Update npm and node to latest version   2  Restart System  3  Remove node modules and again npm i  amp  npm start

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Try to reinstall the cli package globally  In my case  I was trying to test a Vue js tutorial when I get the same error message  The other thing I did was run the vue command again but this time using webpack-simple and that is why I am not sure wich one solved the problem but now it is working

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The port is probably being used by another application  try listing and see if it s your application   lsof -i 8080  You can kill the process of this port   lsof -ti 8080   xargs kill

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Its weird but it works for me  Go to      control panel -- System and Security--  System --  Advanced System   Security--  Environment Variables   In Environment Variable popup you will edit the user variable PATH and add  C  Windows System32  value as semicolon separated to the existing value   Not but not least restart the Machine

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run the command as superuser   sudo npm x-command

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i tried to solve this problem with this way  rm -rf node modules  amp  amp  rm   package-lock json  amp  amp  npm install   But for me its not work  I just restart my machine and its working perfectly   Am Linux user  Machine HP

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The other answers did not solve the problem for my case  This works for me    Try deleting your build output   For me  that means deleting general dll js   Additional Details   Windows 10 64bit dev machine NPM Start running webpack generating a build file  general dll js If I get the ELIFECYCLE error upon  NPM Start  it is often after I have already successfully executed  NPM Start  but then stopped it  only to start  NPM Start  again  I noticed that general dll js showed up in some of the hard-to-understand logs

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npm install --unsafe-perm   worked for me  See https   docs npmjs com   The --unsafe-perm parameter lets you run the scripts from the package instalation as root  The problem in my case was that some depandencies failed to install

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I was getting similar error messages on a 16 04 Ubuntu instance with DigitalOcean while running npm run build on an app made with create-react-app  link   I upgraded the instance from 512MB RAM to 1GB   5 mo to  10 mo  and then the script was able to run   I post this here to point out that you may get this error due to resource limitations  which I didn t really see explained elsewhere on issue pages and SO answers  And nothing I saw in the error logs pointed me in this direction

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Make sure to use the latest npm version while installing packages using npm   While installing JavaScript  mention the latest version of NodeJS  For example  while installing JavaScript using devtools  use the below code   devtools i --javascript nodejs 10 15 1   This will download and install the mentioned NodeJS version  This worked for me

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I Resolved this error  please enter following commands  npm  install  -g  express-generator express  --view hbs   tmp foo   amp  amp   cd   tmp foo npm  install npm  start

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I am using react-create-app in Windows 10  on February 2nd  2019 with latest NodeJS 11 9 0 and npm 6 7 0  When you install NodeJS  the npm is existing   I think case of node packages are corrupted is rarely  the main cause permission   At the beginning  I put project directory at Desktop  it is belong to C   driver  I move to another directory of another driver  Therefore  I remove  file permission  concern  Every work well and simple   cd  d D   mkdir temp20190202 npx create-react-app my-app cd my-app npm start   It is ok  not put project folder in a directory of C    or other driver what contains Windows Operating system

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React Application  For me the issue was that after running npm install had some errors   I ve went with the recommendation npm audit fix  This operation broke my package json and package-lock json  changed version of packages and and structure of  json    THE FIX WAS     Delete node modules Run npm install npm start   Hope this will be helpfull for someone

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Cleaning Cache and Node module are not enough  Follow this steps    npm cache clean --force delete node modules folder delete package-lock json file npm install   It works for me like this

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My situation called for removing webpack folder globally  then deleting project node modules folder  package-lock json and running npm install  npm start

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This had nothing to do with NPM packages for me  My Vuepress project was using a custom host name  Omitting this got things working again

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I was getting this npm ERR  code ELIFECYCLE error while running a build  Clearing the cache and removing the package-lock json files did not fix it  In my case there was an Angular build running on a Docker image that was causing this  The root cause turned out to be running the build on Docker in MacOS  which runs the Docker inside a Linux VM  and has by default 2GB memory allocated  Giving Docker more memory fixed this issue for me  Have to say  the error message could have been quite a bit more clear   A helpful answer for me was Call retries were exceeded exception while ng build

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Usually killall node command fixes mine

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I did follow steps  it works   1   npm cache clean --force    remove the  package-lock json  file restart my WebStorm

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I had the same issue with Angular 7  Just went through the following steps and error was solved   1   Delete your node modules folder and package-lock json file   2   Run npm install command   3   Run npm audit fix command

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This solution is for Windows users  You can open the node js installer and give the installer some time to compute space requirements and then click next and click remove  This will remove node js from your computer and again reopen the installer and install it in this path - C  Windows System32 or Cleaning Cache and Node module will work  Follow this steps   npm cache clean --force delete node modules folder delete package-lock json file npm install

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A possibly unexpected cause  you use Create React App with some warnings left unfixed  and the project fails on CI  e g  GitLab CI CD    Treating warnings as errors because process env CI   true        some warnings here      npm ERR  code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR  errno 1   Solution  fix yo  warnings   Alternative  use CI false npm run build  See CRA issue  3657   Ashamed to admit that it just happened to me  did not see it until a colleague pointed it out  Thanks Pascal

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workaround  Remove the lock file   rm   package-lock json   source  https   github com mapbox node-pre-gyp issues 298  floriantraber

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Delete node modules and package-lock json  and then run npm install  It worked perfectly here run command below inside project root    rm -rf node modules  amp  amp  rm   package-lock json  amp  amp  npm install

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I m using ubuntu 18 04 LTS release and I faced the same problem I tried to clean cache as above suggestions but it didn t work for me  However  I found another solution   echo 65536   sudo tee -a  proc sys fs inotify max user watches   npm start  I run this command and it started to work

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I ve been bothered by this issue for a long time  For me  the version of node was the problem    My npm and node were 6 1 0 and 8 11 3  respectively  However  I didn t realize that I had updated my node accidentally to 12       It then began to install GCX stuff whenever npm i  which was unnecessary before   I downgraded my node to 8 and it worked

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I recommend you update your node version to the latest node version  recommended by your application or for short update your node version  I encountered this same problem using node version 11 1 but my application was recommending atleast version 10 x x or 12 x x  I tried all the suggested reply on this thread but non seemed to work for me untill only when i updated my node version to the recommended latest version  i e  version 12 16 3 then my application ran

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Resolved like this      chown -R  lt user gt   node modules

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Faced this exact problem      for me it worked by deleting package-lock json and re run npm   install   if it doesn t resolve try   delete package-lock json npm cache clean --force npm install npm start

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I was issuing the npm start command with the folder of the project opened at Sublime Text  Closing ST and restarting the server did the work for me

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This solution fixed the error in Win10   Please install globally  npm install -g node-pre-gyp

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Check for port availability as well if you encounter below message    Error  listen EACCES 127 0 0 1 8080  at Object  errnoException  util js 999 13  at  exceptionWithHostPort  util js 1020 20  at Server setupListenHandle  as  listen2   net js 1362 19  at listenInCluster  net js 1420 12  at GetAddrInfoReqWrap doListen  as callback   net js 1535 7  at GetAddrInfoReqWrap onlookup  as oncomplete   dns js 102 10  npm ERR  code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR  errno 1

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Step 1    npm cache clean --force Step 2  Delete node modules by   rm -rf node modules folder or delete it manually by going into the directory and right-click  gt  delete   move to trash  If are not updating your packages you can delete the package-lock json file too  Step 3  npm install To start again    npm start  This worked for me  Hopes it works for you too  PS  Still if it is there  kindly check the error it is displaying in red and act accordingly  This error is specific to node js environment  Happy Coding

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first i ran      npm run clean    even though it came with errors   Then i deleted the node modules folder and ran  npm install   This seems to have solved the problem

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In my case  I had checked out a different branch with a new library on it  I fixed my issue by only running npm install without doing anything else  I was confused why I was getting ELIFECYCLE error when the port was not being used  but it must have been because I did not have the library installed  So  you might not have to delete node modules to fix the issue

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Change access in node modules directory  chmod -R a rwx   node modules

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My solution   I was missing config env properties because I was developing on a new machine  and of course I keep my config files out of my repo   If you are using a different machine than usual  make sure that you include any config files that are not present in the repo that gets cloned

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I resolve this error running following code  npm cache clean   then delete node modules directory from my project structure manually or with following command  rm -rf node modules   After That install dependencies again using  npm install

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