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evans tsai
evans tsai
3,735 Points
Posted by evans tsai
evans tsai
3,735 Points

ERR! on terminal when entering the npm command

When I type in 

npm view

and it will generate

npm ERR! Darwin 16.1.0
npm ERR! argv "/Users/Evans/.nvm/versions/node/v7.1.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "view"
npm ERR! node v7.1.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.9.3

npm ERR! Invalid package.json
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
npm ERR! Darwin 16.1.0
npm ERR! argv "/Users/Evans/.nvm/versions/node/v7.1.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "view"
npm ERR! node v7.1.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.9.3
npm ERR! path npm-debug.log.3022548996
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, open 'npm-debug.log.3022548996'
npm ERR!  { Error: EACCES: permission denied, open 'npm-debug.log.3022548996'
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'open',
npm ERR!   path: 'npm-debug.log.3022548996' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /npm-debug.log

I google it, and it suggest me to reinstall the whole npm. Thus, I am already uninstall all my npm package by running:

sudo npm uninstall npm -g

and go to /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/ run

sudo make uninstall

However it's this method didn't solve the problem, I still encounter a bunch of ERR! When I using the npm command.

how can I solve the ERR!

1 Answer

Rodrigo Villalobos
Rodrigo Villalobos
2,546 Points
Rodrigo Villalobos
Rodrigo Villalobos
2,546 Points

The first line on the second block of the error reads npm ERR! Invalid package.json. Have you checked this file carefully? Maybe it would help if you posted it around here. Something that happens often to me is that I leave commas when declaring objects or arrays, but node/npm will throw an error when you leave a comma without something behind it. To better explain myself:

WRONG

  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^3.1.1",
    "gulp-sass": "^2.3.2",
  }, ...

RIGHT

  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-autoprefixer": "^3.1.1",
    "gulp-sass": "^2.3.2"
  }, ...

Notice the comma after gulp-sass version.