I keep running into the same error when trying to run "npm start" in my terminal in VS code : npm not being able to find a file. What should I do?

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enter image description here enter image description here I have tried to run "npm start" within my terminal on VS code on a mac. I keep running into the same issue.

npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path /Users/ericwehder/Desktop/Web Dev/Typescript/package.json
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/ericwehder/Desktop/Web Dev/Typescript/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent 

Answer 1

Inside package.json add this script.

  "scripts": {
    "dev": "lite-server"
  },

Then run the following command in your terminal to start:

npm run dev

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