Trouble with editing package.json file according to the book.

[Seanmyr]

I'm fairly new to Mac OSx in general and I'm trying to go through the Jump Start Node.js book on a Mac. I've got node installed just fine and I'm at the part where I am supposed to edit the package.json file. I'm having some difficulty here. First, which package.json file am I supposed to edit? On my system I have several of these. Second, am I supposed to delete everything that's in the file and just put in what the book says or do I simply add the information provided in the book to the end of the file?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Seanmyr]

Nevermind, I figured it out.

[Glee02]

I'm fairly new to Mac OSx in general and I'm trying to go through the Jump Start Node.js book on a Mac. I've got node installed just fine and I'm at the part where I am supposed to edit the package.json file. I'm having some difficulty here. First, which package.json file am I supposed to edit? On my system I have several of these. Second, am I supposed to delete everything that's in the file and just put in what the book says or do I simply add the information provided in the book to the end of the file?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Hi all
I actually have the indentical problem to Seanmyr im new to the Nodejs approach to web development and im trying to follow along with the book jumpstart nodejs and i have tried to edit the package.json file under windows 7 here is the file path

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm

i tried to use notepad and notepad++ and when i finish editing it and i try to save it, it says i am unable to do so due to the file being used by another program or i dont have access to the file.

Maybe im using the wrong file but i cant see any other files that match package.json

Any ideas on what im doing wrong ?

Thanks in advance

[Glee02]

its ok i figured it out
Simply right click on your package.json file and open propeties then -> security -> edit then tick the box that allows you to do write privileges for the user level you are on . cliclk apply and ok and then you can edit the file according to the book.

[AussieJohn]

Hi all
I actually have the indentical problem to Seanmyr im new to the Nodejs approach to web development and im trying to follow along with the book jumpstart nodejs and i have tried to edit the package.json file under windows 7 here is the file path

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm

That would be your global package.json file I think.

When the book refers to editing the package.json file, it is referring to the one in the directory in which you are currently working; i.e. the directory where your nockmarket.js is located. For example, for me it's C:\JumpStartNodeJS\Chapter01\package.json