Highest scored 'npm+npm-install' questions

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How to install an npm package from GitHub directly

Trying to install modules from GitHub results in this error: ENOENT error on package.json. Easily reproduced using express: npm install https://github.com/visionmedia/express throws error. npm ...

guy mograbi

28.3k

asked Jul 7, 2013 at 5:55

1030 votes

30 answers

663k views

xcode-select active developer directory error

Saw the following error when running an npm install which required node-gyp... but could be triggered by anything which requires xcode-select. xcode-select: error: tool 'xcodebuild' requires Xcode, ...

tjmehta

30.2k

asked Jul 31, 2013 at 20:52

952 votes

12 answers

464k views

Why does "npm install" rewrite package-lock.json?

I just recently upgraded to npm@5. I now have a package-lock.json file with everything from package.json. I would expect that, when I run npm install that the dependency versions would be pulled ...

Viper Bailey

11.8k

asked Jul 10, 2017 at 21:38

761 votes

9 answers

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What is the difference between "npm install" and "npm ci"?

I'm working with continuous integration and discovered the npm ci command. I can't figure what the advantages are of using this command for my workflow. Is it faster? Does it make the test harder,...

DiaJos

11.3k

asked Sep 25, 2018 at 13:38

679 votes

11 answers

571k views

Installing a local module using npm?

I have a downloaded module repo, I want to install it locally, not globally in another directory? What is an easy way to do this?

fancy

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asked Nov 11, 2011 at 1:53

571 votes

10 answers

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What does 'x packages are looking for funding' mean when running `npm install`?

I usually get "x packages are looking for funding." when running npm install on a react project. Any idea what that means?

Adam Hassan

5,940

asked Nov 21, 2019 at 10:07

534 votes

9 answers

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What does npm install --legacy-peer-deps do exactly? When is it recommended / What's a potential use case?

Just ran into this error: npm ERR! code ERESOLVE npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree npm ERR! npm ERR! While resolving: [email protected] npm ERR! Found: [email protected] npm ERR! ...

antonwilhelm

7,028

asked Feb 17, 2021 at 10:03

501 votes

51 answers

1.5m views

How to solve npm error "npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE"

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 ...

user7037425

asked Feb 17, 2017 at 23:02

402 votes

39 answers

521k views

NPM Install Error:Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '...nt-webpack-plugin":"0'

When creating a new Angular 5 project: node version: 8.9.2 npm version: 5.5.1 My Command is: npm install -g @angular/cli The Error is: npm ERR! **Unexpected end of JSON input while parsing near '......

kathir

4,285

asked Dec 6, 2017 at 13:26

308 votes

17 answers

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How do I fix the npm UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY warning?

I'm on Windows 10, with Node 5.6.0 and npm 3.6.0. I'm trying to install angular-material and mdi into my working folder. npm install angular-material mdi errors with: +-- [email protected] +-- UNMET ...

Reza

5,558

asked Mar 2, 2016 at 4:09

290 votes

11 answers

483k views

How to update TypeScript to latest version with npm?

Currently I have TypeScript 1.0.3.0 version installed on my machine. I want to update it to latest one i.e. 2.0. How to do this with npm?

blueMoon

2,991

asked Sep 24, 2016 at 14:27

287 votes

4 answers

173k views

Do I need both package-lock.json and package.json?

After updating my NPM to the latest version (from 3.X to 5.2.0) and running npm install on an existing project, I get an auto-created package-lock.json file. I can tell package-lock.json gives me an ...

Omri Luzon

4,155

asked Jul 12, 2017 at 8:35

243 votes

4 answers

626k views

What is the difference between npm install and npm run build?

What is the difference between npm install and npm run build? I have noticed in my project that sometimes npm starts failing when npm install is performed, but, upon running npm run build, it works ...

BalajiK

2,611

asked Apr 27, 2017 at 17:19

243 votes

5 answers

416k views

npm: When to use `--force` and `--legacy-peer-deps`

I'm trying to understand how recreating the node_modules directory for deployment works. We're using npm ci instead of npm install to ensure a clean slate during deployment. However, when we run it ...

Floating Sunfish

5,460

asked Feb 3, 2021 at 3:27

225 votes

47 answers

760k views

npm - EPERM: operation not permitted on Windows

I ran npm config set prefix /usr/local After running that command, When trying to run any npm commands on Windows OS I keep getting the below. Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'C:\...

Lahar Shah

7,444

asked Jan 4, 2016 at 22:21

207 votes

3 answers

79k views

What do the --save flags do with npm install

I see instructions to install a package with either npm install <package_name> or npm install <package_name> --save or npm install <package_name> --save-dev What is the ...

Obromios

16.1k

asked Mar 15, 2016 at 21:52

191 votes

12 answers

109k views

Why did package-lock.json change the integrity hash from sha1 to sha512?

I just generated a new npm lockfile, package-lock.json, as part of my typical workflow. But I noticed that this time all of the integrity hashes have been changed from sha1 to sha512. What is ...

Matt

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asked Dec 4, 2017 at 17:03

190 votes

6 answers

97k views

npm install and build of forked github repo

I'm using a module for my angular app called angular-translate. However, I've had to make a few small modifications to the source code to get everything working the way I'd like, and now I want to ...

hughesjmh

2,213

asked Nov 10, 2016 at 12:49

179 votes

22 answers

478k views

npm install error - unable to get local issuer certificate

I am getting an unable to get local issuer certificate error when performing an npm install: typings ERR! message Unable to read typings for "es6-shim". You should check the entry paths in "es6-shim....

mindparse

6,905

asked Apr 8, 2016 at 7:52

178 votes

7 answers

201k views

How to install only "devDependencies" using npm

I am trying to install ONLY the "devDependencies" listed in my package.json file. But none of the following commands work as I expect. All of the following commands install the production dependencies ...

Nesan Rajendran

1,803

asked May 3, 2016 at 8:41

163 votes

11 answers

105k views

How to fix 'fs: re-evaluating native module sources is not supported' - graceful-fs

Recently I've made a switch to Node v.6, and It started creating more and more problems with running normal builds grunt/gulp/webpack For example: $ gulp [14:02:20] Local gulp not found in ~/_Other/...

shershen

9,925

asked May 20, 2016 at 12:15

156 votes

7 answers

194k views

How to reset the npm registry in global npm config

Is there any way to change or reset the global npm registry. Appreciate your assistance.

Dinuka De Silva

2,751

asked Dec 14, 2016 at 6:50

140 votes

42 answers

111k views

create-react-app is not working since version 4.0.1

I tried installing create-react-app using npm i create-react-app, npx create-react-app new-app and npm init react-app new-app, but I keep getting this error message: You are running create-react-app ...

Sumanth Hegde

1,401

asked Nov 23, 2020 at 7:00

139 votes

20 answers

604k views

npm - "Can't find Python executable "python", you can set the PYTHON env variable."

I'm trying to run the following command: npm install -g bower gulp cordova ionic tsd@next karma-cli protractor node-gyp coffee-script js-beautify typescript npm-check I have installed Python, Visual ...

Nick

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asked Dec 19, 2015 at 16:01

138 votes

18 answers

211k views

Getting "Cannot read property 'pickAlgorithm' of null" error in react native

I get an error when running npm install. The error is: npm ERR! Cannot read property 'pickAlgorithm' of null npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! npm-cache\_logs\2021-10-...

Kiana Kazeminejad

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asked Oct 14, 2021 at 8:22

137 votes

4 answers

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How to update globally installed npm packages

Command: npm outdated -g Output: Package Current Wanted Latest Location @angular/cli 1.3.1 1.7.4 7.0.5 create-react-app 1.5.2 1.5.2 2.1.1 eslint 5.6.0 ...

akash

1,557

asked Nov 10, 2018 at 10:54

129 votes

6 answers

161k views

How to ignore incompatible engine "node" error on installing npm dependencies with yarn?

Given this package.json: { "name": "yarn-install-fail", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "scripts": {}, "author": "", "license": "ISC", "dependencies": { ...

k0pernikus

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asked Jul 13, 2017 at 18:04

127 votes

5 answers

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What is the cause of "npm WARN EBADENGINE"?

When generating a package-lock.json file using npm install, I get this error: npm WARN EBADENGINE Unsupported engine { npm WARN EBADENGINE package: '[email protected]', npm WARN EBADENGINE required: { ...

calyxofheld

1,988

asked Dec 8, 2021 at 2:02

121 votes

3 answers

154k views

npm install the exact package version specified in package.json

Currently, If I run npm install, it installs the updated version of already installed packages. How can I install the exact version as specified in the package.json file?

suheb

1,589

asked Dec 6, 2016 at 19:39

114 votes

34 answers

148k views

npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function

I am getting this error npm ERR! cb.apply is not a function in Linux while doing npm install although my npm version is 6.9.0. My node version is v12.18.3. How to resolve this issue?

Janaki

1,143

asked Aug 15, 2020 at 18:04

94 votes

4 answers

197k views

How to install grunt and how to build script with it

Hi I'm trying to install Grunt on Windows 7 64 bit. I have installed Grunt using commands npm install -g grunt npm install -g grunt-cli but now if I try to do grunt init, it is throwing me an ...

Sau

2,119

asked Mar 29, 2013 at 12:50

94 votes

7 answers

140k views

Local gulp not found (Try running: npm install gulp)

I created a module (webapp-module-storage) which has the following definitions: package.json { "dependencies": { ... }, "devDependencies": { "gulp": "^3.9.1", ... }, "name": "...

Benny Code

53.8k

asked Jun 29, 2016 at 15:24

93 votes

2 answers

78k views

Is there a way of making "npm ci" install devDependencies, or "npm install" not update package-lock.json?

I'm trying to put together documentation for new developers installing our codebase on their local development environments. I'd like to give them command(s) that: Installs both devDependencies and ...

josh

9,388

asked Feb 4, 2020 at 21:35

91 votes

20 answers

297k views

NPM ERR Code E401: Unable to authenticate, need: Bearer authorization

I downloaded a NodeJS application from GitHub and facing the following error when executing npm install. npm ERR! code E401 npm ERR! Unable to authenticate, need: Bearer authorization_uri=https://...

Gaurav Ahuja

1,035

asked Jan 24, 2020 at 10:31

87 votes

23 answers

246k views

npm error E401: Unable to authenticate, need: BASIC realm="Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager"

I upgraded node version to 12.16.2 and npm version to 6.14.4. After that I am not able to run npm install, as I'm getting this error code E401 npm ERR! Unable to authenticate, need: BASIC realm="...

Rahul Dole

2,973

asked May 5, 2020 at 13:01

86 votes

24 answers

134k views

Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'transformFile') at Bundler.transformFile

I have updated node today and I'm getting this error: error: TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'transformFile') at Bundler.transformFile (/Users/.../node_modules/metro/src/...

Chaudhry Talha

7,855

asked Oct 20, 2021 at 13:52

86 votes

6 answers

123k views

npm install not creating a new package-lock.json

I accidentally deleted my package-lock.json file. npm install is not generating a new one. How do I get npm to recreate this file.

Dblock247

6,545

asked Aug 24, 2017 at 16:15

85 votes

2 answers

50k views

What is the purpose of using --save-exact

Want to know the use of -exact with --save npm i [email protected] --save-dev --save-exact

Mike

1,208

asked Oct 31, 2019 at 7:44

84 votes

4 answers

58k views

Why wouldn't I use npm to install yarn?

In the blog post announcing yarn (an alternative npm client) they say, "The easiest way to get started is to run npm install -g yarn". But if you go to the "install yarn" page in their docs, "npm ...

Chris Arnesen

1,235

asked Oct 13, 2016 at 16:03

82 votes

22 answers

377k views

How to solve npm install error “npm ERR! code 1”

I'm trying to install Gulp.js and when I write npm install I get this issue: npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path D:\www\wegrow\node_modules\node-sass npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command C:\Windows\...

Wojciech Bałucki

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asked May 5, 2021 at 10:45

81 votes

2 answers

67k views

How to install NPM package under alias or different name

How can I npm install a package into a different directory?

Vincent

3,369

asked May 14, 2019 at 16:30

79 votes

7 answers

72k views

Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: [email protected]

I'm using Ubuntu 15.04. While running the following command: npm install fsevents I'm getting following error: npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /chokidar/fsevents: npm WARN ...

randomuser

1,211

asked Apr 19, 2016 at 17:16

78 votes

6 answers

75k views

Installing packages from github npm registry - auth error 401

I have just published a private package on GitHub, trying to figure out how it should be working. now I'm trying to install it in another project. I authenticated with npm login --registry=https://npm....

Michał Sadowski

2,037

asked Nov 18, 2019 at 16:51

77 votes

18 answers

218k views

"ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree" when installing npm react-facebook-login

Trying to install npm react-facebook-login in my react app, but I keep getting dependency errors? That sounds scary and I don't want to force install something that can potentially break in the future....

yung peso

1,576

asked Jan 3, 2021 at 12:30

76 votes

28 answers

200k views

npm install with error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1

I'm try to install modules on Windows 10 using npm 5.6.0. When I enter npm install I get: gyp ERR! configure error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1 gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess....

dawn

975

asked Mar 18, 2018 at 13:36

73 votes

4 answers

56k views

How to use npm modules in browser? is possible to use them even in local (PC)?

I'm new to npm module and node.js so it is really difficult to me. I have a js code whit many points and for each one of them I want to get the nearest city. To do this, in other question (Reverse ...

Borja

3,451

asked Mar 29, 2018 at 18:38

73 votes

6 answers

67k views

npm - using stale package data

Whenever I do an npm install, I get a ton of messages about it using stale package data. What does that mean and is it something I need to worry about? Here's a small example of the warning messages ...

BlueCaret

4,939

asked Aug 7, 2017 at 18:23

73 votes

2 answers

34k views

Difference between 'npm add' and 'npm install --save'?

I've searched through the web and still can't get if there is any difference between npm add <package> and npm install --save <package>. Thanks.

syntax-punk

4,342

asked Jul 22, 2018 at 15:46

71 votes

9 answers

232k views

How should I set _auth in .npmrc when using a Nexus https npm registry proxy?

Context My .npmrc file seems to be correctly read (checked with npm config ls -l both from command line and from Maven build). the machine on which npm is run cannot connect directly to the net, it ...

Kraal

2,837

asked Jan 27, 2016 at 16:43

70 votes

8 answers

67k views

Golang equivalent of npm install -g

If I had a compiled Golang program that I wanted to install such that I could run it with a bash command from anywhere on my computer, how would I do that? For example, in nodejs npm install -g ...

Ryan

1,201

asked Apr 15, 2016 at 14:35

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