Installing Cycle.js and running examples: enoent package.json file is missing - node.js

Question

I don't have too much experience in NodeJs. I wanted to try Cyclejs. The documentation says:
Create a new directory and run this inside that directory:
npm install rx #cycle/core #cycle/dom
When I do this, I get the following warning:
➜ cycle-examples npm install rx #cycle/core #cycle/dom
/Users/mertnuhoglu/projects/js/tmp2/cycle-examples
├── #cycle/core#5.0.1
├─┬ #cycle/dom#7.1.1
│ ├─┬ es6-map#0.1.1
│ │ ├── d#0.1.1
│ │ ├─┬ es5-ext#0.10.8
│ │ │ ├── es6-iterator#2.0.0
│ │ │ └── es6-symbol#3.0.1
│ │ ├─┬ es6-iterator#0.1.3
│ │ │ └── es6-symbol#2.0.1
│ │ ├─┬ es6-set#0.1.2
│ │ │ ├── es6-iterator#2.0.0
│ │ │ └── es6-symbol#3.0.1
│ │ ├── es6-symbol#0.1.1
│ │ └── event-emitter#0.3.4
│ ├── matches-selector#1.0.0
│ ├── vdom-parser#1.2.1
│ ├─┬ vdom-to-html#2.1.1
│ │ ├── escape-html#1.0.3
│ │ ├─┬ param-case#1.1.1
│ │ │ └─┬ sentence-case#1.1.2
│ │ │ └── lower-case#1.1.2
│ │ └── xtend#4.0.0
│ ├─┬ virtual-dom#2.1.1
│ │ ├── browser-split#0.0.1
│ │ ├─┬ error#4.4.0
│ │ │ ├── camelize#1.0.0
│ │ │ └── string-template#0.2.1
│ │ ├─┬ ev-store#7.0.0
│ │ │ └── individual#3.0.0
│ │ ├─┬ global#4.3.0
│ │ │ ├─┬ min-document#2.17.0
│ │ │ │ └── dom-walk#0.1.1
│ │ │ └── process#0.5.2
│ │ ├── is-object#1.0.1
│ │ ├── next-tick#0.2.2
│ │ └── x-is-string#0.1.0
│ └── x-is-array#0.1.0
└── rx#4.0.6
npm WARN ENOENT ENOENT, open '/Users/mertnuhoglu/projects/js/tmp2/cycle-examples/package.json'
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON cycle-examples No description
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON cycle-examples No repository field.
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON cycle-examples No README data
npm WARN EPACKAGEJSON cycle-examples No license field.
After that I cloned cycle-examples and run npm start following the instructions. I get the following error:
➜ cycle-examples git clone https://github.com/cyclejs/cycle-examples
Cloning into 'cycle-examples'...
remote: Counting objects: 184, done.
remote: Total 184 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 184
Receiving objects: 100% (184/184), 31.08 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (72/72), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
➜ cycle-examples npm start
npm ERR! Darwin 14.0.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v0.12.7
npm ERR! npm v3.3.8
npm ERR! path /Users/mertnuhoglu/projects/js/tmp2/cycle-examples/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT, open '/Users/mertnuhoglu/projects/js/tmp2/cycle-examples/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/mertnuhoglu/projects/js/tmp2/cycle-examples/npm-debug.log
The error says I need to have package.json. The git repository does not have it. Should I create it on my own? If so, what should I put inside that file?
npm version is 3.3.8
I have browserify#11.2.0 and babel#5.8.23 libraries installed globally in Node.

Answer 1

The cycle-examples is a collection of examples. You need to enter an actual example directory, e.g., bmi-nested, and from there issue npm start.