How to Fix the npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE Error
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In this post, we'll learn how to fix the npm error code ELIFECYCLE
in Node.
In some cases, after you try installing dependencies from npm and then try starting your application, you will see this error:
BASHnpm ERR! Darwin 21.0.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "server"
npm ERR! node v17.0.0
npm ERR! npm v8.0.0
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm
installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the todo_app
package react,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
The biggest cause for this issue is that your node_modules
folder is not in a valid state, usually corrupted.
Solution
To fix your node_modules
folder, you will have to start from scratch.
First, clear your npm
cache by running the following command:
BASHnpm cache clean -- force
Once your cache is cleaned, you will have to delete your node_modules
folder, including lock files like package-lock.json
and yarn.lock
:
BASHrm -rf node_modules
rm -rf package-lock.json
rm -rf yarn.lock
Once you've done that, you can proceed to re-install your npm dependencies by running the following command:
BASHnpm install
If you are using yarn
, you can also run the following command:
BASHyarn install
Now you may start your application like normal:
BASHnpm start
If you are using yarn
, you can also run the following command:
BASHyarn start
Conclusion
In this post, we've taken a look at how to fix the npm error code ELIFECYCLE
in Node.
Hopefully, this has helped you resolve the issue for you.
Happy coding!
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