WebStorm - error: Please specify npm package

Question

Webstorm throws an error when trying to run a command specified in package.json:

\"devDependencies\": {},
      \"scripts\": {
        \"dev\": \"./node_modu         


        

Answer 1

Ran into the same issue after upgrading from 11.0.3 to 2016.1. Not sure if some configuration was wrongly copied or if they added a new field to specify the npm package.

Go to

Run > Edit Configurations > Defaults > npm

Browse to select a Node interpreter, using the [...] button.

You should find the Npm package field, fill it with YOUR_PATH_TO_NODE/lib/node_modules/npm.

If it does not work right away, restart WebStorm so that it is taken into account.