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

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.