npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file
How can I fix this? I also tried the master version and got a similar error. I am using OSX Yosemite:
bash-3.2$ yo meanjs
You're using the official MEAN.JS generator.
? What mean.js version would you like to generate? 0.4.0
0.4.0
? In which folder would you like the project to be generated? This can be changed later. mean
Cloning the MEAN repo.......
? What would you like to call your application? MEAN
? How would you describe your application? Full-Stack JavaScript with MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js
? How would you describe your application in comma seperated key words? MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, Node.js
? What is your company/author name? University of Wisconsin-Madison/Mona Jalal
? Would you like to generate the article example CRUD module? Yes
? Would you like to generate the chat example module? Yes
Running npm install for you....
This may take a couple minutes.
Error: Command failed: cd mean && npm install
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Package renamed to phantomjs-prebuilt. Please update 'phantomjs' package references to 'phantomjs-prebuilt'
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Grunt needs your help! See https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt/issues/1403.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: graceful-fs version 3 and before will fail on newer node releases. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: graceful-fs version 3 and before will fail on newer node releases. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: graceful-fs version 3 and before will fail on newer node releases. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: lodash@<3.0.0 is no longer maintained. Upgrade to lodash@^4.0.0.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: this package has been reintegrated into npm and is now out of date with respect to npm
npm WARN prefer global [email protected] should be installed with -g
npm WARN prefer global [email protected] should be installed with -g
npm WARN prefer global [email protected] should be installed with -g
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of kerberos@~0.0 but none was installed.
npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.8.0
npm ERR! npm v3.7.3
npm ERR! path /Users/mona/interviews/mean/mean/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/bin/node-pre-gyp
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/Users/mona/interviews/mean/mean/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/bin/node-pre-gyp'
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/Users/mona/interviews/mean/mean/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/bin/node-pre-gyp'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/mona/interviews/mean/mean/npm-debug.log
at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:202:12)
at emitTwo (events.js:100:13)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:185:7)
at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:850:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (internal/child_process.js:323:11)
at emitOne (events.js:90:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:182:7)
at Pipe._onclose (net.js:475:12)
bash-3.2$
Answer
According to the meanjs readme, node v5 is not supported yet. So you will probably need to downgrade to node v4 (LTS) or try your luck with the meanjs master branch and see if enough progress has been made yet to support node v5.