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user24011147

Reputation: 11

npm start unable to find package.json despite file being present

I'm encountering an issue while trying to run npm start in my Node.js project directory. Despite the package.json file being present in the correct directory (C:\Myfirstproject\Vinci\Projet_Web), I'm receiving an error message stating:

npm ERR! code ENOENT.
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path C:\Myfirstproject\Vinci\Projet_Web\package.json
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent Could not read package.json: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Myfirstproject\Vinci\Projet_Web\package.json

I've double-checked the file's existence and ensured that the path specified in the error message is accurate. I'm unsure why npm is unable to locate the package.json file. What might be causing this issue and how I can resolve it?

Contents of my package.json file:

{
  "name": "projet-web-2024",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon app.js",
    "test": "eslint --rulesdir ./tests ."
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "bcrypt": "^5.1.1",
    "better-sqlite3": "^9.4.3",
    "cookie-parser": "~1.4.4",
    "debug": "~2.6.9",
    "express": "~4.16.1",
    "express-session": "^1.17.3",
    "hbs": "~4.0.4",
    "http-errors": "~1.6.3",
    "morgan": "~1.9.1",
    "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
    "validator": "^13.9.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "eslint": "^8.21.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",
    "eslint-config-standard": "^17.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-hbs": "^1.0.3",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
    "eslint-plugin-n": "^15.2.4",
    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^6.0.0",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.15"
  }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (1)

Paul Asafov
Paul Asafov

Reputation: 33

You may not have initialised the package.json file with the npm init command. A similar issue was discussed here.

Upvotes: 0

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