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Couldn't read dependencies error with npm

rated 0 times [ 10] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 106067 / 11 Years ago, fri, august 23, 2013, 12:00:00

I wanted to start a Node app and created a package.json file with a tutorial. Here is the json file:

{

    name: Dashboard,

    version: 0.0.0,

    description: Client-A Dashboard,

    dependencies: {

        socket.io: latest,

        express: latest,

        jade: latest

    },

    author: tD

}

I verified JSON file before trying to run it, but still I got an error message when I ran the npm install command:

npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies

npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open 'C:projectsClient-ALivepackage.json'

npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:

npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>

npm ERR! or email it to:

npm ERR!     <[email protected]>



npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601

npm ERR! command C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\\node.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js install

npm ERR! cwd C:projectsClient-ALive

npm ERR! node -v v0.8.22

npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.14

npm ERR! path C:projectsClient-ALivepackage.json

npm ERR! code ENOENT

npm ERR! errno 34

npm ERR!

npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:

npm ERR!     C:projectsClient-ALivenpm-debug.log

npm ERR! not ok code 0

and here is the npm-degub.log file

0 info it worked if it ends with ok

1 verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\\node.exe',

1 verbose cli   'C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js',

1 verbose cli   'install' ]

2 info using [email protected]

3 info using [email protected]

4 verbose node symlink C:Program Files (x86)nodejs\node.exe

5 verbose read json C:projectsClient-ALivepackage.json

6 error install Couldn't read dependencies

7 error Error: ENOENT, open 'C:projectsClient-ALivepackage.json'

8 error If you need help, you may report this log at:

8 error     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>

8 error or email it to:

8 error     <[email protected]>

9 error System Windows_NT 6.1.7601

10 error command C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\\node.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js install

11 error cwd C:projectsClient-ALivescoreboard

12 error node -v v0.8.22

13 error npm -v 1.2.14

14 error path C:projectsClient-ALivepackage.json

15 error code ENOENT

16 error errno 34

17 verbose exit [ 34, true ]

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answered 11 Years ago reedmustafam · Accepted Answer

Try to add this:

private: true,

it worked for me.

EDIT (for people asking why):

The Oficial documentation states the following:

If you set private: true in your package.json, then npm will refuse to publish it.
This is a way to prevent accidental publication of private repositories. If you would like to ensure that a given package is only ever published to a specific registry (for example, an internal registry), then use the publishConfig hash described below to override the registry config param at publish-time.

The error messages you are getting may be related to violating this rule in a way (mine was).

Either you are marking a unpublished package (like your own app) as
private: false.

Or you are neglecting to include any value at all.