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I have a simple question that i cant seem to find the answer for. I cloned a git repo to my local machine.

When attempting to start node, I receive an error because i don't have the required npm dependencies installed. However, they are located in the packages.json file that was cloned.

I was wondering if there was a simple way to install the dependencies located in that file, without having to npm install for every individual package.

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    npm install without arguments installs all modules in package.json. Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 16:57
  • @Phix I get errors when i try that....npm WARN Invalid version: "0.1" npm WARN server No description npm WARN server No repository field. npm WARN server No README data npm WARN server No license field Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 17:01
  • @Hysii Usually, warrnings are not equivalent to errors. Don't be afraid of warnings though - but it would be a better idea if you could provide a link to the package.json, if you're experiencing issues / errors while npm install. Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 17:05
  • Post your package.json file here. It'll be faster than assuming what it looks like. Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 17:37
  • Thanks for the help guys, at this point i just installed individual packages. I was pretty sure 'npm install' installed all dependencies, so thanks for confirming my preconceived assumption Commented Jul 16, 2018 at 18:04

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Within the directory of the package.json file, just run npm install. It will read package.json and install all dependencies. If you want to limit it to only non-dev dependencies, use npm install --only=production.

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