npm install won't install devDependencies

Question

On windows for some reason when I run npm install it won\'t install devDependencies. AFAIK it should. If I run npm install --dev <

Answer 1

Make sure your package.json is valid...

I had the following error...

npm WARN Invalid name: "blah blah blah"

and that, similarly, caused devDependencies not to be installed.

FYI, changing the package.json "name" to blah-blah-blah fixed it.