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

Try changing your NPM patch no /usr/share/npm. This works for me.

Answer 2

I have fixed this problem by update the latest version of nodejs

Answer 3

if you use Node Version Manager like me, it was a folder in which the bin folder was:

~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.1/lib/node_modules/npm

Answer 4

Just update Webstorm to 2018.3. Problem solved

Answer 5

On Ubuntu, if you have installed npm/nodejs via apt, use the /usr/share/npm folder for the npm package.

sudo apt-get install npm nodejs
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node

Answer 6

In Linux/Ubuntu: One of the reasons why webstorm throws this error is because of false directory names for node interpreter ("Run > Edit configurations > Defaults> npm > node interpreter").

In the recent node installation the default node interpreter directory is usr/bin/nodejs instead of usr/bin/node.

So, correct the node interpreter from "usr/bin/node" to "usr/bin/nodejs" and it works fine.