Retrieving Node.js Module from GitHub - Error: ENOENT, open package/package.json'

Question

To my understanding, the \'npm\' knows about git, so i can use it to retrieve Node.js modules from github. So, I have created Node.js module and hosted it at github. When I

Answer 1

You may be using a .zip file. NPM doesn't support it and it may throw an error. Here is what you can use: https://npmjs.org/doc/install.html#DESCRIPTION

Answer 2

Does your repository contain a proper package.json file? That is required to have your repository handled as an npm module.

Answer 3

For those who already have a package.json file:

Just in case you didn't notice the comments below the accepted answer, you need to make sure you are inside your app folder to be able to run npm start. It seems to be a common mistake to accidentally run npm start from one directory above. Hope this helps.