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Whenever I start my nodejs project, it refers to itself by the old name I gave it:
gpio-editor@0.0.0 start /home/pi/RPi-Computer-Power/RPi-Server
I do not want it to be called gpio-editor anymore, but I have not found a way to change it on the interwebs. I am pretty new to nodejs, and I didn't originally make this project.
If someone knows how to do this, please let me know. Thanks, Neil
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Edit the name attribute in your package. json , that's what determines the name of your package. Save this answer. Show activity on this post.
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Check out package.json. There should be a few properties in there that you can change (you want to change the name). A simple file would look something like this:
{
"name": "gpio-editor",
"version": "0.0.0",
"author": "Sudo Programmer <[email protected]>",
"description": "i use this to edit stuff",
"license": "pick one",
"engines": {
"node": ">=0.10"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./app.js"
},
"dependencies": {
// something or other, don't include comments though
}
}
After that you should run npm install, which will update the file package-lock.json accordingly.
Edit (5/31/2018)
Since Node 5 (I believe), the package-lock.json file has been generated and used as an, "I last built this codebase using these dependency versions" tool. The package.json file is supposed to do this, but it doesn't protect you from packages that don't follow semantic versioning. For this reason, I would recommend checking the package-lock.json file in and updating the name there as well. There's some good info on the lock file here.
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if you're copying files from an existing project and still having issues after updating the name attribute in package.json, try removing node_modules dir and package-lock.json file (backup if needed) and run npm i or yarn.
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