Unable to npm install my package

Question

I've been trying to install a package that I have defined the package.json for. The package.json file is very simple.

{
  "name": "project",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "devDependencies": {
    "karma-jasmine": "0.2.2"
  }
}

Now when I issue a

npm install .

I get the following error.

npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm ERR! addLocal Could not install /Users/username/projects/project
npm ERR! Darwin 14.0.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "."
npm ERR! node v0.10.32
npm ERR! npm  v2.1.5
npm ERR! code EISDIR
npm ERR! errno 28

npm ERR! EISDIR, read
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/username/projects/project/npm-debug.log

Unable to understand what am I doing wrong.

Answer 1

After spending a lot of time on this I finally figured out the cause. I didn't have a package.json file but I had it misspelt as packages.json file.

NPM wasn't able to pick up the file from the current directory and then it tried my home directory and then showed the unhelpful error. I hope this will help somebody save some time.