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JavaScript Introducing the Practice

Posted by Caleb Hasch
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Caleb Hasch
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,351 Points

Hello, I get a bunch of errors after typing 'npm start' into the terminal even after typing 'npm install'.

This is the messages that pop up.

PS C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)>npm install npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)\package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file. npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)\package.json' npm WARN practice-exercise (1) No description npm WARN practice-exercise (1) No repository field. npm WARN practice-exercise (1) No README data npm WARN practice-exercise (1) No license field.

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PS C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)>npm start npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! syscall open npm ERR! path C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)\package.jsonnpm ERR! errno -4058 npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)\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: _43_22_025Z-debug.log

Blake Larson
Blake Larson
13,014 Points
Blake Larson
Blake Larson
13,014 Points

The no such file or directory usually means the path is wrong. C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)\package.json could just be C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise

1 Answer

Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points
Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points

For some reason it can't find the package.json file in the directory C:\Users\The Count\Downloads\practice-exercise (1)\

the package.json is important for npm to know what it should install (as well as what scripts to run, etc.).

Did you unpack the zip correctly? Can you verify the package.json is there?