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

Posted by Matt Roberts
Matt Roberts
5,173 Points

Unable to install bcrypt

I get this error in the console log

treehouse:~/workspace$ npm install bcryptjs
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/treehouse/workspace/package.json'
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.

  • bcryptjs@2.4.3
    updated 1 package and audited 440 packages in 3.147s
    found 0 vulnerabilities

treehouse:~/workspace$

I also get a second error where it thinks the internet connection is lost

1 Answer

Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points
Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points

The warnings are normal. Usually when using NPM you have run npm init for your project which creates a packages.json file. In this example we didn't do that.

I'm not sure about "I also get a second error where it thinks the internet connection is lost".