I followed the directions here to upgrade to the newest version of Ghost (0.11.4). When I got to run the command npm install --production, I get an error message that npm has unmet dependencies and that I am holding broken packages.
What can I do?
Thanks.
Have you tried running
npm cache clean \
&& rm -rf node_modules \
&& npm install --production
That’s what is suggested if you’re met with unexpected results. Warnings are not so much an issue, unless they result in the installation failing and/or your installation of Ghost ceasing to function.
Thanks for this.
When I tried the command && rm -rf node_modules \ I got an error -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `&&'
Any ideas?
Okay. I just realized what I did wrong. I posted your code as individual lines rather than as one piece.
When I did the right thing, here’s what I got:
npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
npm ERR! Linux 3.13.0-86-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--production"
npm ERR! node v4.7.2
npm ERR! npm v2.15.11
npm ERR! path /home/gardito/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOPACKAGEJSON
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! package.json ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/gardito/package.json'
npm ERR! package.json This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
npm ERR! package.json npm can't find a package.json file in your current directory.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/gardito/npm-debug.log
What’s next?
The error:
npm ERR! package.json ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/gardito/package.json'
npm ERR! package.json This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
npm ERR! package.json npm can't find a package.json file in your current directory.
Is hinting at the fact that inside the directory you’re currently in, there’s not a package.json file. The rest of the output is simply confirming that it can’t read your dependencies from this file, thus the install fails.
We can check if there is a valid packages.json file by running ls in the directory and seeing if one pops up. If one doesn’t you either need to add one or create one using:
npm init
and then run the install command again.