npm install error from the terminal

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I am trying to install node in my mac   i am getting the following error    i downloaded the node from node site and ran that package    can you guys tell me why i am facing that errror  when i do npm install  MacBook-Pro   Raj  npm install npm ERR  install Couldn t read dependencies npm ERR  package json ENOENT  open   Users Raj package json  npm ERR  package json This is most likely not a problem with npm itself  npm ERR  package json npm can t find a package json file in your current directory   npm ERR  System Darwin 13 0 0 npm ERR  command  node    usr local bin npm   install  npm ERR  cwd  Users Raj npm ERR  node -v v0 10 26 npm ERR  npm -v 1 4 3 npm ERR  path  Users Raj package json npm ERR  code ENOPACKAGEJSON npm ERR  errno 34 npm ERR   npm ERR  Additional logging details can be found in  npm ERR       Users Raj npm-debug log npm ERR  not ok code 0

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First download json package file from https   github com npm read-package-json and then run npm install from terminal

User · Answer

I came across this  and my issue was using an older version of node  3 X   when a newer version was required    The error message actually suggested this as well       Make sure you have the latest version of node js and npm installed       So the solution may be as simple as upgrading node npm  You can easily do this  using nvm  the  Node Version Manager   After you ve installed nvm  you can install and use the latest version of node by simply running this command   nvm install node   For example     nvm install node                                                              Downloading https   nodejs org dist v8 2 1 node-v8 2 1-darwin-x64 tar xz                                                                             100 0  Now using node v8 2 1  npm v5 3 0     node --version                                                                v8 2 1

User · Answer

This is all because you are not in the desired directory  You need to first get into the desired directory  Mine was angular-phonecat directory  So I typed in cd angular-phonecat and then npm install

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In mac you might have downloaded and installed Node js in   Users yourusername Downloads nodejs-todo-master    so go here and run npm install command  no need of sudo as well   you should get output like this     underscore 1 4 4 node modules underscore  ejs 0 8 8 node modules ejs  redis 0 8 6 node modules redis  jasmine-node 1 0 28 node modules jasmine-node  -- walkdir 0 0 7  -- coffee-script 1 8 0  mkdirp 0 3 5   -- requirejs 2 1 15  -- jasmine-reporters 1 0 1  mkdirp 0 3 5   express 3 0 6 node modules express  -- methods 0 0 1  -- fresh 0 1 0  -- range-parser 0 0 4  -- cookie-signature 0 0 1  -- buffer-crc32 0 1 1  -- cookie 0 0 5  -- commander 0 6 1  -- mkdirp 0 3 3  -- debug 2 1 0  ms 0 6 2   -- send 0 1 0  mime 1 2 6   -- connect 2 7 2  pause 0 0 1  bytes 0 1 0  formidable 1 0 11  qs 0 5 1

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Running just  npm install  will look for dependencies listed in your package json  The error you re getting says that you don t have a package json file set up  or you re in the wrong directory    If you re trying to install a specific package  you should use  npm install  package name    See here for more info about the command    Otherwise  you ll need to create a package json file for your dependencies or go to the right directory and then run  npm install

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npm install -d --save worked for me  -d flag command force npm to install your dependencies and --save will save the all updated dependencies in your package json

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In my case it was due to a bad URL  http    instead of git     no  git at the end  for one of the dependencies

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You re likely not in the node directory  Try switching to the directory that you unpacked node to and try running the command there

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I had this problem when trying to run  npm install  in a Terminal window which had been opened before installing Node js   Opening a new Terminal window  i e  bash session  worked    Presumably this provided the correct environment variables for npm to run correctly

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In case it helps anyone else - my issue was a rookie error  I had a space in the name line of my package json and it caused the dependencies to be unreadable

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