The generate command requires to be run in an Angular project, but a project definition could not be found

Question

at the time I'm going to create component using ng g component command I facing with this error what I need to do to solve this.

"The generate command requires to be run in an Angular project, but a project definition could not be found."

Answer 1

You can also get this behavior if you are confusing ng new with ng g application .

Answer 2

After ng new project make sure you entered project directory in terminal.

Answer 3

Your project folder must either contain angular.json or angular-cli.json.

The above mentioned file contains your project definition and its structure. So, that's why without these files and without angular-cli installed. You won't be able to run, ng g component command successfully.

Answer 4

1. Check you are in correct project or not.
2. Check angular.json file in your project first,if it is missing,add file.
3. Update angular CLI.