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

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