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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Installing Packages with npm Installing Local Packages

Steve Mustanski
Steve Mustanski
15,093 Points
Posted by Steve Mustanski
Steve Mustanski
15,093 Points

Problem installing bcrypt in workspaces

I get the following error when installing bcrypt:

[bcrypt] Success: "/home/treehouse/workspace/node_modules/bcrypt/lib/binding/bcrypt_lib.node" is installed via remote                           
/home/treehouse/workspace                                                                                                                       
ā””ā”€ā”€ bcrypt@2.0.1                                                                                                                                

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

when I run app.js I get the following error:

bcrypt.genSalt(saltRounds, function(err, salt) {                                                                                                        
^                                                                                                                                               

ReferenceError: bcrypt is not defined                                                                                                           
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/treehouse/workspace/app.js:3:1)                                                                                
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)                                                                                                       
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)                                                                                         
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)                                                                                                           
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)                                                                                                         
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)                                                                                                  
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)                                                                                                        
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:389:7)                                                                                                            
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)                                                                                                        
    at bootstrap_node.js:504:3

Anyone else run into this and solve it?

1 Answer

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

I also ran into this bcrypt problem. I solved it, like this:

npm install bcryptjs

var bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');

Hope this help!

Steve Mustanski
Steve Mustanski
15,093 Points
Steve Mustanski
Steve Mustanski
15,093 Points

I completely forgot about requiring it. I had to require(bcrypt) though is that is what I installed. It is working now. Thanks!