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JavaScript

Dhruv Upadhyay
Dhruv Upadhyay
947 Points
Posted by Dhruv Upadhyay
Dhruv Upadhyay
947 Points

Getting an error on Mac when I run npm install bcrypt

I'm getting this error when I ran the command to install bcrypt:

npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/Dhruv/package.json'
npm WARN Dhruv No description
npm WARN Dhruv No repository field.
npm WARN Dhruv No README data
npm WARN Dhruv No license field.

When I ls to check if the node_modules folder is there in my directory, it is not there.

1 Answer

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

It sounds like you need to run npm init in your desired directory.

It will ask you a series of questions and then create the package.json file. Check the documentation if you have any other questions about it.