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npm ERR! code ENOENT

npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! path /Users/giovanylopes/bootcamp-projects/react-nodejs-example/package.json

npm ERR! errno -2

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/giovanylopes/bootcamp-projects/react-nodejs-example/package.json'

npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

npm ERR! /Users/giovanylopes/.npm/_logs/2022-11-18T14_26_47_519Z-debug-0.log

I was expecting to install all the dependencies that are defined in the package.json file

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Most probably you don't have a package.json file in /Users/giovanylopes/bootcamp-projects/react-nodejs-example/ directory.

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  • I did ls command and got this : Dockerfile api my-app package-lock.json
    – Gio
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:42
  • So as you can see there is no package.json file in your directory. You only can run npm install in a directory where you have packge.json.
    – hddananjaya
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:47
  • I see okay... sorry I'm a complete newbie how do I do that?
    – Gio
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:48
  • I don't understand what you are trying to do. Are you trying to run a nodejs API? Then look inside your api directory. You might have a package.json file there.
    – hddananjaya
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:51
  • I cd'ed into api and tried npm install and it installed the dependencies. So I think it worked!
    – Gio
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:58
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The part of the error that you have posted to focus on is the following piece:

no such file or directory, open '/Users/giovanylopes/bootcamp-projects/react-nodejs-example/package.json'

It can't find your package.json file at the location it has listed. Take a look at that location and make sure that you have a package.json file there.

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  • I did ls command and got this : Dockerfile api my-app package-lock.json
    – Gio
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:41
  • Use the full path to make sure: ls /Users/giovanylopes/bootcamp-projects/react-nodejs-example/package.json
    – Ben Borchard
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:50
  • ls: /Users/giovanylopes/bootcamp-projects/react-nodejs-example/package.json: No such file or directory
    – Gio
    Commented Nov 18, 2022 at 14:55

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