How to fix 'The command "npm install" exited with code 1' error when building the ASP.NET Core app with React?

Question

I am new to ReactJS. I am trying to build the default application created using ASP.NET Core and React.

I am getting build error.

error MSB3073: The command "npm install" exited with code 1.

Can someone help me with this?

Answer 1

Running Visual Studio as administrator worked for me.

Answer 2

Looks like you don't have node & npm globally installed.

You can use a script like https://github.com/creationix/nvm that helps you manage different versions of nodejs

Or you can just install it straight from https://nodejs.org/en/