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Development Tools Why Use Babel?

Posted by jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points

npm install error

I have node and npm installed on my computer. I am using my own resources, and not the launch workspace that treehouse provides. I keep getting the following error message. Can anyone offer a solution? Thanks in advance!

$ npm install --save-dev babel-cli
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\xampp\htdocs\babel\babel-workshop\package.json'
C:\xampp\htdocs\babel\babel-workshop
`-- babel-cli@6.26.0

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\xampp\htdocs\babel\babel-workshop\package.json'
npm WARN babel-workshop No description
npm WARN babel-workshop No repository field.
npm WARN babel-workshop No README data
npm WARN babel-workshop No license field.

3 Answers

Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points
Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points

Hiya there! Did you cd into the project root file which is as same level as your package.json? Looks like you're in the ~ (tilda) directory and tryna save babel-cli as your devDependency.

~ Ari

jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points
jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points

Thanks Ari, i found out the problem. I missed the step where I needed to clone the cli-lesson branch and switch to that branch. I'm assuming this is an older tutorial because on the next step I got a warning saying they recommend babel-preset-env because babel-preset-es2015 is deprecated. Not sure exactly what it means but thats the message it gave me.

Kiril Christov
Kiril Christov
9,208 Points
Kiril Christov
Kiril Christov
9,208 Points

Hi, everything works perfectly for me until the npm command.

mac2:babel-workshop kiksy$ npm install --save-dev babel-cli -bash: npm: command not found