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Global NPM package not installing

I have written a command line utility in JS which can be used to backup data to IPFS.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-backup
When I am attempting to install it with npm install -g ipfs-backup I am getting an error which prevents the package from being installed.
The terminal is outputting the following:
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! path C:\Users\jwhit\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ipfs-backup\node index.js
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod 'C:\Users\jwhit\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\ipfs-backup\node index.js'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

The issue turned out to be that within my package.json file I had
"bin": {
"ipfs-backup": "node index.js",
"ipfs-restore": "node restore.js"
}
instead of
"bin": {
"ipfs-backup": "./index.js",
"ipfs-restore": "./restore.js"
}
It installs and functions correctly now.

How to add a new script in package.json

I want to add a script dev in my package.json.
I tried adding it manually in a text editor, but when I run:
npm run dev
I get some errors. Is it possible to add the script from the terminal?
Edit:
I added:
"scripts:" {
"start": "node app",
"dev": "nodemon app"
}
and I got this error:
nodemon app sh: nodemon: command not found
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! file sh npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! code#1.0.0 dev: nodemon app npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the code#1.0.0 dev script.

The problem here is you have not installed the package named nodemon:
In your CLI enter the following command to install the package:
npm install nodemon --save-dev
Then run the following command and it will work:
npm run dev

How can I create a node CLI app that needs babel to run?

I'm trying to creaet a global node CLI app, but It depends on Babel to run.
I've added this to my package.json
"bin": {
"kurly": "dist/index.js"
},
"scripts": {
"prepare": "npm run build",
"build": "babel src -d dist",
"start": "yarn build && node dist/index.js"
},
and I'm installing it from my git using
npm install -g alexanderprod/kurly
But when installing it I get the following error
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/kurly/dist/index.js
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/kurly/dist/index.js'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
So it seems like npm didn't build it with babel before applying chmod.
And now I'm wonderging how to fix that, since I assume it makes no sense to upload dist/ to npm/git

'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Source of problem (I think):
"scripts": {
"dev-server": "./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --config config/webpack.config.js"
},
Error log:
> somename#1.0.0 dev-server C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\somename
> ./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --config config/we
bpack.config.js
'.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! somename#1.0.0 dev-server: `./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpa
ck-dev-server.js --config config/webpack.config.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the somename#1.0.0 dev-server script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional log
ging output above.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-01-29T13_52_01_
170Z-debug.log
I am receiving this error and because of that I'm not able to: npm run dev-server.
Is there a way to replace ./ part?

Just refer to the binary directly:
"scripts": {
"dev-server": "webpack-dev-server --config config/webpack.config.js"
},
npm will run the script in an environment where all the installed packages' binaries (namely node_modules/.bin/) are directly available in PATH, including webpack-dev-server.
Also using / as a path separator is preferable in package.json - it works on Windows as well as Linux or OSX.

Unable to run babel via npm script "babel: command not found"

To get started I ran:
npm install --save-dev babel-cli
npm install --save-dev babel-preset-es2015
npm install --save-dev babel-preset-stage-0
Here is my package.json:
{
"scripts": {
"build": "babel src -d dist"
},
"devDependencies": {
"babel-cli": "^6.6.5",
"babel-core": "^6.7.2",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
"babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.5.0"
}
}
Here is my .babelrc file:
{
"presets": ["es2015", "stage-0"]
}
My file structure is like this:
- Root
- src
- client
- server
- test
- dist
- package.json
I am calling npm run build from the root folder. I am expecting it to compile the source folder into the dist folder. It runs and then I get this error:
> babel src -d dist
sh: babel: command not found
npm ERR! Darwin 15.2.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "build"
npm ERR! node v5.8.0
npm ERR! npm v3.7.3
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! redacted#1.0.0 build: `babel src -d dist`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the redacted#1.0.0 build script 'babel src -d dist'.
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 redacted package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! babel src -d dist
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs redacted
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls redacted
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /Users/user/redacted/npm-debug.log
So as you can see, I've installed babel-cli, I've installed the presets, and I think everything is in order according to the babel docs.
Does anyone have ideas about why it wouldn't be working? Could I be missing a babel npm file? Is "babel src -d dist" incorrect?
Thanks for any help you can provide!
I made another folder and followed the same steps, it worked perfectly. For some reason it's not working in this directory.

I've come across the same issue lately. Removing the node_modules folder and running npm install again no longer fixes the issue.
The reason you are getting this error is because babel-cli needs to be installed globally, not as a project dependency.
Run npm install -g babel-cli to install it globally.
Babel-preset-es2015 can then be installed as a dev dependency for your projects npm install --save-dev babel-preset-es2015

You should never install babel-cli globally - in fact, they specifically have an entire paragraph telling you not to from their official docs.
Edit package.json >> add a script with the key called, say, build with the value ./node_modules/.bin/babel <commands>
If you called it build, just then type npm run build.

The error occurs because ./node_modules/.bin is not in $PATH. ./node_modules/.bin is where all the executable binaries can be found.
As recommended by the documentation, you can reference the babel cli inside of node_modules:
$ ./node_modules/.bin/babel src -d lib
You can modify your npm run build command to use this:
"scripts": {
"build": "./node_modules/.bin/babel src -d dist"
},

Did you run "npm install" to install the dev packages?

Many of the answers above are correct.
The error occurs because ./node_modules/.bin is not in $PATH. ./node_modules/.bin is where all the executable binaries can be found.
What I did was I built a simple dynamic alias function in my zshrc file.
# Babel
function bbl() {
./node_modules/.bin/babel "$#"
}
Now you can use bbl instead of babel
bbl --version
6.24.1 (babel-core 6.25.0)