I try to install libraries with npm on Windows to work with JavaScript, but it shows this error output in Windows command prompt window:

C:\Users\tusha>npm install
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path C:\Users\tusha/package.json
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\tusha\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:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\tusha\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-04-24T10_37_38_185Z-debug-0.log

C:\Users\tusha>

Here is also a photo:

Screen shot of command prompt window with the error output

The log of the failed installation process:

The complete log file on Google Drive

CodePudding user response：

ERR telling that in your folder directory you are installing some packages through npm. Look like package.json not found in located directory

Before run npm install to empty folder you have to initialize the npm init to create package.json file. and start installing packages.

CodePudding user response：

npm install reads the file package.json from the current directory and installs all the packages it depends on. The error message says that there is no such file.

You need to cd to the directory the Node.js project (e.g. something you might have checked out from a Git repository) and run npm install there.

Alternatively, if you are trying to install a specific package from the npm repository then you need to:

• cd to the directory containing the package you want to add it as a dependency of
• run npm install name-of-package

If you don't have a project yet, and want to create one, then:

• cd to the directory you want to create your package inside
• npm init and follow the prompts

Alternatively, if you are trying to install a program from npm globally then reconsider as current best practice is to run program with npx and not install them as globals. Use the name of the package you want to run as an argument.

npx create-react-app

If you really want to install globally, then use the -g switch and the name of the package.

npm install -g create-react-app