npm install gives error can t find a package json file

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npm install   npm install -g  command is not working in Windows 7  Node js is installed properly  node js version is v0 10 28     Couldn t read dependencies   ENOENT  open   filepath  package json    This is most likely not a problem with npm itself    npm can t find a package json file in your current directory

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Check this link for steps on how to install express.js for your application locally.

But, if for some reason you are installing express globally, make sure the directory you are in is the directory where Node is installed. On my Windows 10, package.json is located at

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm

Open command prompt as administrator and change your directory to the location where your package.json is located.

Then issue the install command.

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In my case there was mistake in my package json   npm ERR  package json must be actual JSON  not just JavaScript

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solve using this code   npm install npm latest -g

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I was facing the same issue as below       npm ERR  errno -4058 npm ERR  syscall open npm ERR  enoent ENOENT  no   such file or directory  open    D  SVenu FullStackDevelopment Angular Angular2 Splitter CodeSkeleton CodeSke   leton run package json  npm ERR  enoent This is related to npm not   being able to find a file  npm ERR  enoent   The problem I made was  I was running the command npm build run instead of running npm run build    Just sharing to help someone who does small mistakes like me

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First you are not in current folder     Please use Cd to join to the folder name to access in project folder requeried     Then use the code

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I m not sure what you re trying to do here   npm install alone in your home directory shouldn t do much -- it s not the root of a node app  so there s nothing to install  since there s no package json   There are two possible solutions   1  cd to a node app and run npm install there  OR  2  if you re trying to install something as a command to use in the shell  You don t have a node application   npm install -g packagename  -g flag tells it to install in global namespace

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You don t say what module you want to install - hence npm looks for a file package json which describes your dependencies  and obviously this file is missing   So either you have to explicitly tell npm which module to install  e g   npm install express   or  npm install -g express-generator   or you have to add a package json file and register your modules here  The easiest way to get such a file is to let npm create one by running  npm init   and then add what you need  Please note that this does only work for locally installed modules  not for global ones   A simple example might look like this        name    myapp      version    0 0 1      dependencies          express    4 0 0          or something like that  For more info on the package json file see its official documentation and this interactive guide

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For Visual Studio Users using Package Manager Console  lt  lt   If you are using the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio and you want to execute    npm install and get      ENOENT  no such file or directory  open    C  Users    YourProject package json    Verify that you are executing the command in the correct directory    VS by default uses the solution folder when opening the Package Manager Console   Execute dir then you can see in which folder you currently are  Most probably in the solution folder  that s why you get this error  Now you have to cd to your project folder   cd YourWebProject  Now npm install should work now  if not  then you have another issue

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Use below command to create a package json file   npm init  npm init --yes or -y flag    This method will generate a default package json using information extracted from the current directory    Working with package json

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node comes with npm installed so you should have a version of npm  however npm gets updated more frequently than node does  so you ll want to make sure it s the latest version   sudo npm install npm -g   Test  Run npm -v  The version should be higher than 2 1 8   npm install   THAT S IT   https   www youtube com watch v wREima9e6vk

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