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Jinx
Jinx

Reputation: 98

npm error when installing Electron-Js from npm

Tried to install the Electron-JS to my Linux Mint 20.1. I built Node Js from source (v.14.5), and installed Chromium from apt, both successfully. When trying to install Electron from npm, I got the following errors/warnings(?):

Downloading electron-v11.3.0-linux-x64.zip: [========] 100% ETA: 0.0 seconds 

npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/maranga/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 '/home/maranga/package.json'

npm WARN

  1. What do they mean?
  2. Will they stop me from using electron?
  3. Should I just build electron from source/binaries to prevent further issues?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 941

Answers (2)

miltone
miltone

Reputation: 4764

Perhaps you need to starting by :

npm init / yarn init

in your directory project if you want to develop a project.

And after this command you will have a package.json and package-lock.json

Upvotes: 1

Jinx
Jinx

Reputation: 98

So no sooner did I post this question did I find a question for a similar installation with a few answers.

The rationale is that you need a package.json file wherever you're installing a project, so run npm init first in your desired directory before installing. Also you can just install globally as shown in the answer

EDIT: Here is a 101 on npm and installs.

Upvotes: 0

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