npm installation error

[tlcarpenter]

node.js v12.19.0, npm v6.14.8, windows 10 ent 1909 x64

C:\meshcentral>npm install meshcentral
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\meshcentral\package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\meshcentral\package.json'
npm WARN meshcentral No description
npm WARN meshcentral No repository field.
npm WARN meshcentral No README data
npm WARN meshcentral No license field.

+ meshcentral@0.6.71
added 138 packages from 139 contributors and audited 138 packages in 11.77s

13 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

C:\meshcentral>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 6E7F-A352

 Directory of C:\meshcentral

10/30/2020  05:42 PM    <DIR>          .
10/30/2020  05:42 PM    <DIR>          ..
10/30/2020  05:42 PM    <DIR>          node_modules
10/30/2020  05:42 PM            40,183 package-lock.json
               1 File(s)         40,183 bytes
               3 Dir(s)  202,293,788,672 bytes free

[Ylianst]

The installation worked, you can ignore these messages. One day I need look into what I can do to clean that up, but if you do this:

node node_modules/meshcentral

It should complete the installation and run MeshCentral. Let me know if that works.

[tlcarpenter]

I only included part of the output from my attempt at installing MC2 using npm - I went as far as running

mkdir c:\meshcentral cd c:\meshcentral npm install meshcentral node node_modules\meshcentral

I just uninstalled MC2 then went through the same steps plus "node node_modules\meshcentral --install", which generates the output below.

P.S. After getting the output below I ran "node node_modules\meshcentral a second time and MC2 started up. I accessed the console and added a first user, logged out, then returned to the Command Prompt window and stopped MC2 with CTRL+C. I then tried re-running "node node_modules\meshcentral --install" but get the same output as below. I looked in "c:\meshcentral\node_module\meshcentral" but there isn't a "node_modules" directory there.

=================================================

C:>mkdir meshcentral

C:>cd meshcentral

C:\meshcentral>npm install meshcentral npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\meshcentral\package.json' npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file. npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\meshcentral\package.json' npm WARN meshcentral No description npm WARN meshcentral No repository field. npm WARN meshcentral No README data npm WARN meshcentral No license field.

• meshcentral@0.6.73 added 130 packages from 138 contributors and audited 130 packages in 13.117s

6 packages are looking for funding run npm fund for details

found 0 vulnerabilities

C:\meshcentral>node node_modules\meshcentral Installing archiver@4.0.2... Installing node-windows@0.1.14... Installing otplib@10.2.3... Module node-windows can't be loaded. Restart MeshCentral.

C:\meshcentral>node node_modules\meshcentral --install Installing MeshCentral as Windows Service... Error: Cannot find module 'C:\meshcentral\node_modules\meshcentral\node_modules\minimist' Require stack:

• C:\meshcentral\node_modules\WinService\winservice.js at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:831:15) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:687:27) at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:903:19) at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18) at start (C:\meshcentral\node_modules\WinService\winservice.js:39:22) at Object. (C:\meshcentral\node_modules\WinService\winservice.js:76:1) at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1015:30) at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1035:10) at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:879:32) at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:724:14) { code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND', requireStack: [ 'C:\meshcentral\node_modules\WinService\winservice.js' ] }

C:\meshcentral>

[Stan-Stani]

I just had this issue.

[si458]

@Stan-Stani you have no issue Your issue happens from time to time, because it installs modules while node is running, and node can't find the modules until u restart it :)

[si458]

closing as stale, if you still have this issue, please update to the latest version of meshcentral and try again if your still having issues then please reply back