how to fix npm install failed in Docker - node.js

Question

I am trying to dockerize my small reactjs app.
This is my Dockerfile
FROM node
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
COPY package.json .
COPY . .
EXPOSE 8080
RUN npm install // gives the error when executing this step
RUN npm install react-scripts#3.4.1 -g --silent
# start app
CMD ["npm", "start"]
And this is my package.json
{
"name": "cyberhr",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"3d-force-graph": "^1.60.11",
"#tensorflow/tfjs": "^1.7.2",
"#tensorflow/tfjs-tsne": "^0.2.0",
"d3-dsv": "^1.2.0",
"mdbreact": "4.25.3",
"react": "^16.12.0",
"react-dom": "^16.12.0",
"react-force-graph": "^1.32.1",
"react-router-dom": "^5.1.2",
"react-scripts": "3.4.0",
"tsne-js": "^1.0.3"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test --env=jsdom"
},
"devDependencies": {
"renamer": "^1.0.0",
"rimraf": "^2.6.2"
},
"browserslist": [
">0.2%",
"not dead",
"not ie <= 11",
"not op_mini all"
]
}
But it fails at the npm install step and gives the following error
Service 'frontend' failed to build: The command '/bin/sh -c npm install' returned a non-zero code: 244
Here is a screenshot of the error in detail
Can someone please help me?

Answer 1

In my case, I also had to copy package-lock.json to the Dockerfile and it worked. I only had to do this though when running npm install gave me vulnerabilities.
Try:
COPY package.json package-lock.json .