how to fix npm error in Mac in visual studio code-CodePudding

How do I fix this error?

USER@Bahus-MacBook-Air metaplex-master % npm --version
8\.5.2
USER@Bahus-MacBook-Air metaplex-master % npm install
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path /Users/USER/Desktop/solana devnet/metaplex-master/package.json
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/USER/Desktop/solana devnet/metaplex-master/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!     /Users/USER/.npm/\_logs/2022-03-24T13_07_17_630Z-debug-0.log

How do I fix this npm installation error in visual studio code in Mac?

CodePudding user response：

The error message says that the path where you are executing npm i command doesn't have package.json file. Make sure to change the path to the place where the package.json file is located.

CodePudding user response：

I'm assuming you are trying this project https://github.com/metaplex-foundation/metaplex

And you are probably running npm install in the main directory. But if you read the instalation documentation which you definitely should, then you would see cd metaplex/js which means you need to run npm install within the ./js folder since that's where the package.json is, which is required by npm install command.