Trying to install dependencies

[deft mortar]

Im beginning my first project with jsm and I am trying to install the dependencies but my terminal has been loading for ages, what can I do?@

[visual solar]

Yeah, it can happen with npm from time to time. When you are focused in the terminal, press ctrl + C to stop the process, and run npm install again. For a good measure you can remove /node_modules folder to make sure that there are no corrupted files in some module due to forcefully killing the process

[deft mortar]

deleted node modules folder and ran npm install --legacy-peer-deps again but still same issue

tries on a macbook and my pc both having the same issue

[visual solar]

I'm not 100% sure, but OneDrive might be responsible for it. Try moving project folder somewhere else and running it again. Also have you tried running npm install without --legacy-peer-deps?

[deft mortar]

when i run npm install

[visual solar]

Okay, can you move project directory outside OneDrive directory?

[deft mortar]

I tried dragging and dropping the file to a different location but it still exists inside the onedrive

[visual solar]

Try moving the project to for example C:\e-commerce, open it in your IDE and run npm install there

[deft mortar]

still keeps loading

[visual solar]

Are you trying to install some public repository? If you can link it, I'll try to reproduce it on my end and see if there is some way to fix it

[deft mortar]

https://github.com/AbdulR11/e-commerce/tree/main

[zenith meteor]

Have you copied the package.json of the project to insure you use the same versions of all dependencies?
Perhaps another node version?

[lone roost]

That link is inaccessible.

[deft mortar]

apologies try again now

[lone roost]

The fact that you need to use --legacy-peer-deps already means you are likely to encounter complications. This typically means you are working on an older project. It also means substitutes are going to be used, and those are not guaranteed to all be compatible with each other.

[deft mortar]

the project was released december 1 2023

https://youtu.be/3JUsg-WsU9o?si=3_y8X--NigKQVRxr

[deft mortar]

i directly cloned it using github desktop

[lone roost]

Was --legacy-peer-deps used in the video?

[deft mortar]

yes

Do you think I can continue working on this project without having to install the dependencies? or is there a manual way to instal them?

[lone roost]

That means it was already using some dependencies that were old at that time.

[lone roost]

Dependencies are required and it is not practical to install them in some other separate way.

[visual solar]

npm install with and without --legacy-peer-deps hangs on my computer too. There are some comments below the video stating that JSM's repo with finished project doesn't work too

[lone roost]

There are over a dozen differences between your package.json and the one provided by Adrian. This is Adrian's verions: https://github.com/adrianhajdin/ecommerce/blob/main/package.json

[deft mortar]

shall i just copy and paste these into my vscode?

[lone roost]

Yes.

[visual solar]

This one worked for me.
added 1300 packages, and audited 1301 packages in 3m
No wonder it takes a bit 😅

[lone roost]

Delete your node_modules folder first before you try to install again.

[visual solar]

Use npm install --legacy-peer-deps. It might take a while, but it should work

[deft mortar]

for some reason when i delete node modules folder then use npm install --legacy-peer-deps, the node modules folder re appears itself

[visual solar]

Yeah, that's the folder with all installed packages. When you run npm install it downloads and installs the packages there

[lone roost]

That should happen. The install puts files into that folder. The reason to delete it is because you did previous installs with different settings in package.json, and the files that got placed in there can interfere.

[deft mortar]

so I changed my package.json code, removed the node_modules folder and then ran npm install --legacy-peer-deps and still same problem 😢

it worked on my laptop! idk why it wont on my pc but i guess il have to run with it

thanks so much for your help

[zenith meteor]

If you have any lock-files remove them too when removing the folder, then reinstall