npm is crashing (missing script)

[ankamfc]

I'm opening this issue because:

• npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• npm is doing something I don't understand.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

Package.json -

"scripts": {
"start": "node ./scripts/build.js && webpack-dev-server --inline --content-base subjects",
"server-exercise": "supervisor -- -r babel-register subjects/ServerRendering/exercise/server.js",
"server-solution": "supervisor -- -r babel-register subjects/ServerRendering/solution/server.js",
"lint": "eslint subjects/*/.js",
"test": "npm run lint"
},

npm-debug.log ->

supporting information:

• npm -v prints:
• node -v prints:
• npm config get registry prints:
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?:
• Network issues:
  • Geographic location where npm was run:
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.
  • I access the npm registry via a VPN
  • I don't use a proxy, but have limited or unreliable internet access.
• Container:
  • I develop using Vagrant on Windows.
  • I develop using Vagrant on OS X or Linux.
  • I develop / deploy using Docker.
  • I deploy to a PaaS (Triton, Heroku).

[kenany]

@ankamfc I don't see a npm-debug.log file attached to your post. Could you please provide one?

[ankamfc]

npm-debug
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli   'run',
1 verbose cli   'lint' ]
2 info using npm@2.15.9
3 info using node@v4.6.0
4 verbose config Skipping project config: C:\Users\sankam/.npmrc. (matches userconfig)
5 verbose stack Error: missing script: lint
5 verbose stack     at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:142:19)
5 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:58:5
5 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:356:5
5 verbose stack     at checkBinReferences_ (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:320:45)
5 verbose stack     at final (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:354:3)
5 verbose stack     at then (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:124:5)
5 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:295:20)
5 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.callback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:78:16)
5 verbose stack     at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:303:13)
6 verbose cwd C:\Users\sankam\Desktop\gitCode
7 error Windows_NT 6.1.7601
8 error argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "lint"
9 error node v4.6.0
10 error npm  v2.15.9
11 error missing script: lint
12 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
12 error     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
13 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[kenany]

@ankamfc What does npm run print?

[ankamfc]

@kenany
npm run -

C:\Users\sankam\Desktop\gitCode>npm run
Lifecycle scripts included in sankam:
  test
    echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1

[kenany]

@ankamfc Is the package.json you provided in the original post not the same as C:\Users\sankam\Desktop\gitCode\package.json?

[ankamfc]

@kenany Its part of it.
Here is the whole file .

{
  "description": "Course material for http://reactjs-training.com",
  "repository": "ReactJSTraining/react-subjects",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "authors": [
    "Ryan Florence",
    "Michael Jackson"
  ],
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node ./scripts/build.js && webpack-dev-server --inline --content-base subjects",
    "server-exercise": "supervisor -- -r babel-register subjects/ServerRendering/exercise/server.js",
    "server-solution": "supervisor -- -r babel-register subjects/ServerRendering/solution/server.js",
    "lint": "eslint subjects/**/*.js",
    "test": "npm run lint"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "angular": "1.5.8",
    "assert": "1.4.1",
    "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
    "babel-plugin-transform-object-assign": "^6.5.0",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
    "babel-preset-stage-1": "^6.5.0",
    "babel-register": "^6.9.0",
    "backbone": "^1.2.3",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.4",
    "bootstrap-webpack": "0.0.5",
    "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
    "events": "^1.0.2",
    "expect": "^1.13.4",
    "exports-loader": "^0.6.3",
    "expose-loader": "^0.7.1",
    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.1",
    "file-loader": "^0.9.0",
    "firebase": "^2.4.2",
    "flux": "^2.0.1",
    "form-serialize": "0.7.1",
    "immstruct": "^2.0.0",
    "immutable": "^3.7.3",
    "imports-loader": "0.6.5",
    "invariant": "^2.1.0",
    "isomorphic-fetch": "^2.2.1",
    "jquery": "^3.1.0",
    "jsonp": "0.2.0",
    "key-mirror": "^1.0.1",
    "less": "^2.7.1",
    "less-loader": "^2.2.3",
    "md5": "2.1.0",
    "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
    "mocha": "3.0.2",
    "mustache": "^2.2.1",
    "purecss": "0.6.0",
    "react": "^15.1.0",
    "react-addons-css-transition-group": "^15.1.0",
    "react-addons-perf": "^15.1.0",
    "react-addons-test-utils": "^15.1.0",
    "react-addons-transition-group": "^15.1.0",
    "react-dom": "^15.1.0",
    "react-motion": "^0.4.2",
    "react-point": "^2.1.0",
    "react-redux": "^4.4.5",
    "react-router": "^2.0.0-rc4",
    "react-tween-state": "0.1.5",
    "redux": "3.0.4",
    "redux-logger": "2.2.1",
    "redux-thunk": "1.0.0",
    "sort-by": "^1.1.0",
    "style-loader": "^0.13.1",
    "supervisor": "^0.11.0",
    "underscore": "^1.8.3",
    "url-loader": "^0.5.6",
    "webpack": "^1.7.3",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^1.8.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-eslint": "^6.1.2",
    "eslint": "^3.2.2",
    "eslint-import-resolver-webpack": "^0.5.1",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^1.13.0",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.0.0"
  }
}

[kenany]

@ankamfc Hmm, how odd. Does this also occur with the latest stable release of npm?

[ankamfc]

I am new to this. I installed the latest release of node . And it is currently running 2.15.9 after i ran an npm update . ANd am getting the same error . @kenany

[zkat]

This is a weird package.json -- version and name are required. I can't reproduce this right now (on OSX) but it might be a Windows issue. Can you try adding those two fields to your package.json and trying again?

[ankamfc]

@zkat added both the fields and tried and didn have any luck .

[zkat]

@ankamfc: what is the exact path of that package.json that you posted?

[iarna]

I've looked at this and I'm certain that the package.json you shared is not in C:\Users\sankam\Desktop\gitCode\.

This is important, because that's where you're running npm run from.

The reason I'm so sure is because the output of npm run indicates it was reading a package.json that looks VERY different from the one you shared:

1. It says Lifecycle scripts included in sankam: and sankam is the package name. You didn't have a package name in your package.json. If you use npm run without a package name then it would have said Lifecycle scripts included in :.

2. It reports your only lifecycle script as being:

   test
     echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1
   

   That's the default lifecycle that's created for an empty project. It's also not what's in the package.json that you shared with us.

If I'm correct then to resolve this you need to make sure that your command line is in the same folder as the package.json you shared with us. That is, you need to cd \folder\where\your\project\is.

[ankamfc]

@iarna Thank you for that . That worked .

[kenany]

Closing as resolved.