angularjs npm start shows error

Question

I'm trying to use with angularjs with live preview with this command

npm start

my npm version is 4.3.0

I get these errors:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393] (c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\\Users\\adirz\\Desktop\\Angularjs\\Blog>npm start npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393 npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\adirz\\A ppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start" npm ERR! node v6.9.3 npm ERR! npm v4.3.0 npm ERR! path C:\\Users\\adirz\\Desktop\\Angularjs\\Blog\\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\\adirz\\ Desktop\\Angularjs\\Blog\\package.json' npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\\Users\\adirz\\ Desktop\\Angularjs\\Blog\\package.json' npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR!
C:\\Users\\adirz\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm-cache_logs\\2017-02-26T1 2_48_04_006Z-debug.log

Answer 1

this error will occur if the package.json is missing in your directory. first write npm init command in your directory. it will create json file and make sure to define a "start" script inside it too before running npm start.