Create package.json from package-lock.json - node.js

I downloaded a theme and it has a package-lock.json file but no package.json file.
Is there a way I can generate the package.json from the package-lock.json file.
How do I install the node modules with just the package-lock.json file.
Is there a way to do that?


Warning: Do not attempt before reading comments below & backup package-lock.json.
Install the latest npm with npm install -g npm
Run npm init and respond to the questions.
The above command will generate a package.json and include the existing packages listed in package-lock.json


I think I figured it out.
I don't think npm init can draw from package-lock.json. However it does seem to pull from what is already in your /node_modules. I believe this is why #Harry B's solution works for some and not at all for others.
For example, if you have just cloned your project which contains package-lock.json, no package.json, and empty/non-existence node_modules, npm init won't create any dependencies. However, if you run npm install pkg1 pkg2 pkg3 ... then run npm init it will create the dependencies in package.json.


https://pravnyadv.github.io/unpackage/ seems to work. Copy your package lock file text in, hit the button, copy out the text into a new package.json file.


package-lock.json file relies on the presence of a package.json file, So it's not possible to retrieve package.json (happy to be proved wrong).
So a possible solution left is to use a module like auto-install which is capable of generating package.json from the project file dependencies.
First, you need to install the module globally npm install -g auto-install. Then run npm init and answer the basic requirements.
Then, run auto-install in your project root directory. All the dependencies should reflect in package.json file.
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Or Install node modules directly from package-lock.json
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Run npm ci which bypasses a package’s package.json to install modules from a package’s lockfile.
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How to regenerate a package.json and package-lock.json file for a node js project?

Is there a way to regenerate a package.json file from the source code, I have cloned a work repo but the other developer had .gitignore file as this:
.gitignore
node_modules/
.env
package-lock.json
package.json
*.json
Hence I have the source code but I can not run it until I have all the dependencies. How could I achieve this?
I tried
npm init -y
npm i
But it did not install the dependencies

I think the shortest way to solve this is to go through the code and find the required packages, then install them via NPM i.

Cannot uninstall webpack from react-script

I was trying to make a todo-app in react, which is new to me. But after once installed webpack, npm start doesnt working. It gives me:
my-todo-react#0.1.0 start /home/hanna/Desktop/projects/my-todo-react
react-scripts start
There might be a problem with the project dependency tree.
It is likely not a bug in Create React App, but something you need to fix locally.
The react-scripts package provided by Create React App requires a dependency:
"webpack": "4.19.1"
Don't try to install it manually: your package manager does it automatically.
However, a different version of webpack was detected higher up in the tree:
/home/hanna/node_modules/webpack (version: 4.20.2)
Manually installing incompatible versions is known to cause hard-to-debug issues.
If prefer to ignore this check, add SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true to an .env file in your project.
That will permanently disable this message but you might encounter other issues.
To fix the dependency tree, try following the steps below in the exact order:
Delete package-lock.json (not package.json!) and/or yarn.lock in your project folder.
Delete node_modules in your project folder.
Remove "webpack" from dependencies and/or devDependencies in the package.json file in your project folder.
Run npm install or yarn, depending on the package manager you use.
In most cases, this should be enough to fix the problem.
If this has not helped, there are a few other things you can try:
If you used npm, install yarn (http://yarnpkg.com/) and repeat the above steps with it instead.
This may help because npm has known issues with package hoisting which may get resolved in future versions.
Check if /home/hanna/node_modules/webpack is outside your project directory.
For example, you might have accidentally installed something in your home folder.
Try running npm ls webpack in your project folder.
This will tell you which other package (apart from the expected react-scripts) installed webpack.
If nothing else helps, add SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true to an .env file in your project.
That would permanently disable this preflight check in case you want to proceed anyway.
P.S. We know this message is long but please read the steps above :-) We hope you find them helpful!
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! my-todo-react#0.1.0 start: react-scripts start
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the my-todo-react#0.1.0 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! /home/hanna/.npm/_logs/2018-10-02T10_39_06_361Z-debug.log

Create a .env file in the root directory of the project and add this line SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true inside the file.
then try to run yarn start.

To solve this issue I had to uninstall webpack and webpack-dev-server from the node-modules folder and then install them again but with different versions.
Open cmd on the node-modules folder outside of your project folder
Uninstall webpack and webpack-dev-server:
npm uninstall webpack
npm uninstall webpack-dev-server
Delete the node-modules folder and the package-lock.json file from your project's folder.
Open the node-modules again
npm install webpack#4.19.1
npm install webpack-dev-server#3.1.9
Use this command on your project folder
npm install
It did the trick for me, hope it helps you too.

One solution I had was to go to my "Home" folder and delete the node_modules
folder and package-lock.json file.
Worked afterwards.

Since it looks like the project uses Create React App, Webpack is probably already a dependency in the package.json. So the easy way to install it is to just go to the project directory and type npm install (or yarn install) in the terminal.
If using the Webpack CLI causes errors, it's probably because there's a different version installed globally.
To uninstall it globally, type npm -g uninstall webpack.

I had similar problem today. I resolved with the following steps:
Execute npm ls webpack --> to find out that I have installed Webpack outside my folder ("like yours ... /home/hanna/node_modules/webpack).
Then cd into that location (/home/hanna/node_modules/) and execute npm install webpack#4.19.1.
That way I have the same version of Webpack like in my project folder.
After that, when I run npm start, it works fine.

Go to your project directory where you are running npm start and run the command
touch .env
If there is no pre-existing .env file in your project this will create it.
Got to .env file and add the following code (if you are on LINUX box you do this by typing nano .env otherwise just use a text editor.
SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true
Save the file and try running npm start again.
This solution is exactly what is suggested in the error message and it worked for me

do this
first code in terminal this -->
yarn add --dev dotenv
create .env file in root directory then add below line in the .env file
SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true

Go to /home/hanna and type npm i webpack#required_dependency. It should solve your problem.

If someone still facing this issue and uses yarn instead of npm can do (I am a mac user):
Open a terminal
Type yarn remove webpack
Come in to your project directory using your file explorer
Delete everything there
Open your code-editor
Delete hidden filers (ETC: .env or .gitignore files) if exists
In your project directory open a terminal and type npx
create-react-app . and hit enter.
And restart the app typing yarn start after download.
It worked for me. It downloaded the web pack which is needed from react-scripts.

I encountered the same issue and following worked for me:
Delete the node-modules folder and package-lock.json file
Downloaded and installed Node.js
npm install webpack#4.19.1
npm install webpack-dev-server#3.1.9
Deleted babel-eslint entry from package.json
Used this command on the project folder: npm install
Finally yarn start or npm start

I think if you have a webpack package installed globally it might cause such error. Removing it globally might solve the problem. That's what I did here and it works.
npm uninstall webpack
npm uninstall webpack-dev-server
Delete the node_modules folder and the package-lock.json file from your root directory
##thompsonmax##
Then you can now run your command to your app,
create-react-app react-app

Step 1: Create an .env file in the root directory
Step 2: add this line into your .env file: SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true
Step 3:Again npm start

After a lot of trials, I found that the easiest solution is to install the required version of webpack in /home/hanna.
That is,
cd to /home/hanna
run npm i webpack#4.19.1
Then, the error will go away. Hope it helps.

Your problem is you installed webpack version: 4.20.2
You need to install an earlier version "webpack": "4.19.1"`
Your problem is you installed webpack version: 4.20.2
You need to install an earlier version "webpack": "4.19.1"` ..So
$npm uninstall -g webpack
and
$npm install -g webpack#4.19.1
Hope that helps

I think if you have a webpack package installed globally it might cause such error. Removing it globally might solve the problem. That's what I did here and it works.

Due to newer versions, this worked for me:
Open a terminal window (command prompt) on the node_modules folder outside of your project folder
Uninstall webpack and webpack-dev-server:
npm uninstall webpack
npm uninstall webpack-dev-server
Delete the node_modules folder and the package-lock.json file from your project's folder.
Open node_modules again
npm install webpack#4.28.3
npm install webpack-dev-server#3.1.14
Use this command in your project folder:
npm install

I couldn't find a way to uninstall the whole node module folder the only way is to delete the whole file using command line
rm -rf node_modules

npx create-react-app nameOfYourApp
find where is your nameOfYourApp and replace src folder with one from previous project
use new nameOfYourApp

If you have multiple node_modules folders with different versions of dependencies one may conflict with the other - do the following:
Follow steps 1-4 that are initially provided in project directory and commit updated changes locally~
i. Delete package-lock.json (not package.json!) and/or yarn.lock in your project folder.
ii. Delete node_modules in your project folder.
iii. Remove webpack from dependencies and/or devDependencies in the package.json file in your project folder.
iv. Run npm install or yarn, depending on the package manager you use.
Find the location of the node_modules folder that is not in your project folder ~ this line - (/home/hanna/node_modules/webpack)
Delete it
npm start
should work :)!

I also faced this issue. I had to install webpack#4.42.0 in the node_modules but after I installed webpack#4.42.0 there was an error displayed in the CMD:
`-- UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY webpack#4.42.0
npm ERR! peer dep missing: webpack#^5.1.0, required by terser-webpack-plugin#5.2.4
So installing webpack for node_modules didn't work. Then I used .env file to solve this.
First I typed npm add --dev dotenv in the project terminal.
Then I created the .env file and typed this code:
SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK=true

How do I install all the requirements with npm?

I would like to clone https://github.com/tstringer/create-react-app-with-redux and start a new project. I ran npm start and then ran npm install for each module not present, but there are many of them. Is there a way to install all the requirements? Something like pip install -r requirements.txt in Python.
Thanks,
Uri.

Just run npm install without arguments. It will resolve the required dependencies from the package.json file.

It's simple.
If you want to install all the node_modules from the package.json file you simply put: npm install in terminal (on the same directory where the package.json exists) and it would install all the node modules in the folder called node_modules.
Generally, the node_modules folder is not uploaded in a git (by putting restriction at .gitignore) because it is essentially the same folders or packages that one would have to install, *hence installing it from package.json is simpler and it saves the internet bandwidth and time.
Even you want to save something in the package.json while you are installing any npm package you can simply put npm install --save your-package-name and it would automatically save your package in the .package.json file and you can install the same file, even after you delete the node_modules folder using the same command.

Better yet, if you want to save yourself a lot of time use yarn install instead of npm install (https://yarnpkg.com/en/). It is much faster because it caches everything and operates in parallel (see https://www.sitepoint.com/yarn-vs-npm/ for a good comparison).

npm install githubname/reponame -- Repository Name you can try

npm-update with npm-shrinkwrap.json

What does running:
npm update
do if a npm-shrinkwrap.json file exists? Does it
Update the dependencies to match the shrinkwrap.json file
Update the dependencies to obey package.json (thereby disregarding the shrinkwrap.json file)
Not do anything
Thanks in advance

When you run
npm update
It will update the dependencies to obey package.json and will not care what is stored in npm-shrinkwrap.json even when node_modules folder is empty which means update command will install using package.json while install command will use npm-shrinkwrap.json.
It does not make any sense to obey the shrinkwrap file[ in most cases.]
Reason
It is supposed to be a snapshot of package at some stable point and this thing makes it perfect for production code.
There are no ^,~,latest etc. in shrinkwrap file.
And we also know that shrinkwrap file is not supposed to be tampered manually using editor
So all we can do is go back to some previous state of dependencies using this command and this thing can be achieved using npm install
However when you run
npm install
It follows shrinkwrap file.
But when you run
npm install newPkg --save
It will change both package.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json file as well
But when you run
npm update pkg --save
It will change only npm-shrinkwrap.json file and as I wrote before it will use package.json file to update according to semver

node_modules dir being included in module published to NPM registry

I published my module to the NPM registry. When I installed it using
npm install --save-dev X
I see that the node_modules folder was included in the install, such that when I go to project Y which depends on X, I see:
Y/node_modules/X/node_modules
How is this possible?
My .npmignore file in my X project is as follows:
.idea
node_modules
bower_components
internal-docs
Anyone know what could be up?

You don't need to add node_modules to your .npmignore; it is ignored by default:
Additionally, everything in node_modules is ignored, except for bundled dependencies. npm automatically handles this for you, so don't bother adding node_modules to .npmignore.
The npm install command will naturally install the package's dependencies that are listed in its package.json file. It is a normal part of the npm install process to install the whole dependencies tree, otherwise the package wouldn't really work.
If you want to be really sure, you can use the npm pack command to generate a tarball (similar to a zip file) that you can inspect and see what files are actually published when you run npm publish.

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