Cannot install or start npm for react

Question

Following error is been thrown when tried to install react.

npm ERR! path C:\Users\web\desktop\boy\package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\web\desktop\boy\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\web\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-08-15T12_19_50_959Z-debug.log




 npm install
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\web\desktop                                                                                                                \boy\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 'C:\Users\web\desktop\bo                                                                                                                y\package.json'
npm WARN boy No description
npm WARN boy No repository field.
npm WARN boy No README data
npm WARN boy No license field

Bharathvaj Ganesan · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-15 15:26:45Z

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When you type

npm run start

npm tries to find start in the scripts section of your package.json file.

As you don't have such file, npm fails with ENOENT, which is an abbreviation for Error NO ENTry.

Cheers.

edited Aug 15, 2018 at 15:26

answered Aug 15, 2018 at 13:30

Bharathvaj Ganesan

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FranCarstens Over a year ago

Create a package.json by typing npm init and completing the process. Then try install again.

Arslan Tariq · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-23 09:21:20Z

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Got the same issue but in the end, find out that the project is within another folder at the same place. Demo project > My Project (containing node modules and files) I was in the Demo project and trying to right npm start.

answered May 23, 2022 at 9:21

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