Why won't node.js work for me across any of my applications? ELIFECYCLE error

Question

Every application I run gets the same error message: ELIFECYCLE

Here is my error message:

 > pwd@1.0.0 start /Users/test/Desktop/test > server.js sh: server.js: command not found npm ERR. code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR. syscall spawn npm ERR: file sh npm ERR. errno ENOENT npm ERR. pwd@1.0.0 start. `server.js` npm ERR: spawn ENOENT npm ERR. npm ERR. Failed at the pwd@1:0.0 start script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /Users/test/.npm/_logs/2020-08-22T14_40_02_505Z-debug.log Andrews-iMac:test test$

I threw up this super basic application to test whether it was happening across all of my projects. Clearly it is. Any ideas as to how to resolve?

Answer 1

Your start script needs to indicate you want to run node , it's not implied, since technically you can run any command in there

"start": "node server.js"

Answer 2

Could you try editing your start script to be

node server.js

Or even just run this command on your terminal.

This is how you use node.js to create a runtime environment for your js file

Answer 3

In your package.json, I noticed your start script only has “server.js” in it. You might have to write

“start”: “node server.js”

As your start script in order for it to work