I'm trying to install the dependencies of some example: npm's express 2.5.8 that I've downloaded, but all of the apps throw the same error:
c:\node\stylus>npm install -d
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
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npm ERR! Couldn't read dependencies.
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory 'c:\node\stylus\package.json'
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <[email protected]>
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7600
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program File
s (x86)\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-d"
npm ERR! cwd c:\node\stylus
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.11
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
npm ERR! path c:\node\stylus\package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory 'c:\node\stylus\package.json'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! c:\node\stylus\npm-debug.log
npm not ok
The blockage appears to be:
no such file or directory 'c:\node\stylus\package.json
Did I miss a step that creates the package.json ?
I'm running:
- Windows 7 64 bit
- npm 1.1.1
- node 6.11
- express 2.5.8
Answer
I think, npm init will create your missing package.json file. It works for me for the same case.