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Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points
Posted by Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points

npm not recognised as an external or internal command

C:\Users\HP\Desktop\Coursera\conFusion>npm start

> confusion@1.0.0 start C:\Users\HP\Desktop\Coursera\conFusion
> npm run watch:all


> confusion@1.0.0 watch:all C:\Users\HP\Desktop\Coursera\conFusion
> parallelshell 'npm run watch:scss' 'npm run lite'

''npm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'run' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
''npm' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'run' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! confusion@1.0.0 watch:all: `parallelshell 'npm run watch:scss' 'npm run lite'`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the confusion@1.0.0 watch:all script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\HP\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-11-20T03_38_51_093Z-debug.log
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! confusion@1.0.0 start: `npm run watch:all`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the confusion@1.0.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\HP\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-11-20T03_38_51_163Z-debug.log
Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points
Rohit Thorat
Rohit Thorat
12,191 Points

Package.json file

{
  "name": "confusion",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "This is a website for Ristorante Con Fusion",
  "main": "index.html",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "npm run watch:all",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "lite": "lite-server",
    "scss": "node-sass -o css/ css/",
    "watch:scss": "onchange 'css/*.scss' --npm run scss",
    "watch:all": "parallelshell 'npm run watch:scss' 'npm run lite'"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "lite-server": "^2.2.2",
    "node-sass": "^4.7.1",
    "onchange": "^3.2.1",
    "parallelshell": "^3.0.2"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "bootstrap": "^4.0.0-alpha.6",
    "font-awesome": "^4.7.0"
  }
}