Installing react-redux from cmd error

Question

I have a problem with installing react-redux from github. I downloaded the zip file into my folder and now what to install react-redux with the usual command:

npm install --save react-redux

I ran the command having my zip file extracted in the redux test folder.

I believe I'm not supposed to install the react redux into the same folder as the extracted zip file but how do I Then reference the zip extraction so that redux know where it is?

Answer 1

One more reason could be, If the name of your project in package.json is same as the dependency you are trying to install you will get this error

for example if you project name in package.json is

"name": "react-redux"

and if you try to install

npm install react-redux

you will get this error.