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npm - create package.json file
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In this short article, we would like to show how to create package.json file with npm.
Quick solution (run in the command line in the project directory):
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npm initNote: the command carries user through the steps setting basic configuration.
To run npm init we should create some directory for our new project.
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$ mkdir test-project2
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$ cd test-project4
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$ npm init6
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This utility will walk you through creating a package.json file.8
It only covers the most common items, and tries to guess sensible defaults.9
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See `npm help init` for definitive documentation on these fields11
and exactly what they do.12
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Use `npm install <pkg>` afterwards to install a package and14
save it as a dependency in the package.json file.15
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Press ^C at any time to quit.17
package name: (test-project) 18
version: (1.0.0) 19
description: 20
entry point: (index.js) 21
test command: 22
git repository: 23
keywords: 24
author: 25
license: (ISC) 26
About to write to /home/john/Desktop/test-project/package.json:27
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{29
"name": "test-project",30
"version": "1.0.0",31
"description": "",32
"main": "index.js",33
"scripts": {34
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"35
},36
"author": "",37
"license": "ISC"38
}39
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Is this OK? (yes)Result:
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$ ls -al2
total 123
drwxrwxr-x 2 john john 4096 lut 22 12:32 .4
drwxr-xr-x 8 john john 4096 lut 22 12:31 ..5
-rw-rw-r-- 1 john john 205 lut 22 12:32 package.json
