npm install from github: Module not found: Can't resolve 'react-big-calendar'

Question

I had to make some changes on react-big-calendar module so I forked the project on github, made modifications and pushed. Then I used this command to install the new package:

npm install https://github.com/wafa-yahyaoui/react-big-calendar/tarball/master --save

The package figures out in the dependencies on package.json:

"dependencies": {
"@babel/runtime": "7.0.0-beta.55",
"@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core": "^1.2.10",
"@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "^5.6.1",
"@fortawesome/react-fontawesome": "^0.1.3",
"@material-ui/core": "^3.6.2",
"@material-ui/icons": "^2.0.3",
"@types/googlemaps": "3.30.11",
"@types/markerclustererplus": "2.1.33",
"ajv": "6.5.2",
"axios": "^0.18.0",
"bootstrap": "^4.1.3",
"chartist": "^0.11.0",
"classnames": "2.2.6",
"emotion": "^10.0.5",
"enhanced-resolve": "^3.4.1",
"globalize": "^1.4.0",
"history": "^4.7.2",
"iban": "0.0.11",
"jwt-decode": "^2.2.0",
"moment": "2.22.2",
"perfect-scrollbar": "1.4.0",
"react": "^16.6.3",
"react-big-calendar": "https://github.com/wafa-yahyaoui/react-big-calendar/tarball/master",
"react-bootstrap-sweetalert": "^4.4.1",
"react-chartist": "^0.13.1",
"react-datetime": "^2.16.3",
"react-dom": "^16.6.3",
"react-facebook-pixel": "^0.1.2",
"react-ga": "^2.5.6",
"react-google-maps": "^9.4.5",
"react-jvectormap": "0.0.3",
"react-nouislider": "2.0.1",
"react-redux": "^5.1.1",
"react-router": "4.3.1",
"react-router-dom": "^4.3.1",
"react-router-redux": "^5.0.0-alpha.9",
"react-scripts": "1.1.4",
"react-spinners": "^0.4.7",
"react-swipeable-views": "0.12.15",
"react-table": "6.8.6",
"react-tagsinput": "3.19.0",
"react-transition-group": "^1.2.1",
"reactstrap": "^6.5.0",
"redux": "^4.0.1",
"redux-api-middleware": "^2.3.0",
"redux-persist": "^5.10.0",
"redux-persist-transform-filter": "0.0.18",
"redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
"universal-cookie": "^3.0.7"}

I removed the node_modules folder, ran npm install but when running npm start I got this error:

./src/containers/apartments/calendar.js    
Module not found: Can't resolve 'react-big-calendar' in 
'/Users/wafayahyaoui/homereact/src/containers/apartments'

The imports on calendar.js file looks like this:

import React from "react";
import BigCalendar from "react-big-calendar";

What can be the source if the import error ? thank you

Answer 1

I was facing same issue. It took 3-4 hours to figure out what is problem. Here is a solution.

• Run Command - npm run build - which build dist and lib folder.
• remove dist and lib from .gitignore file.
• Push your code.

If you see package-lock.json carefully, there is a line "main": "lib/index.js" which point to lib folder. But when you forked react-big-calendar repo, there was no lib folder in this repo, there was only src folder.

So it was cleared that fisrt you have to build code and push it on your repo.