NPM Error trying to run solcjs

[adospinoiu]

I'm trying to run the command @PatrickAlphaC has in the video at 6:53:18.

solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol

I'm trying to run it with 'npm' instead of 'yarn' ... I'm more familiar with NPM.

I keep getting the following error messages:

$ npm run solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path D:\Web3 Related\Blockchain, Solidity, Full-Stack Tutorial\ethers-simple-storage\package.json
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'D:\Web3 Related\Blockchain, Solidity, Full-Stack Tutorial\ethers-simple-storage\package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Alex_Desktop\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2022-06-12T21_58_31_862Z-debug.log

I have tried both variations of the command ... with and without the 'run' word after npm. (No luck).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[alymurtazamemon]

@adospinoiu you do need to type npm run, just start with solcjs and the rest of the command like this:

solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol

and make sure that solcjs should be install and included in the dependencies in package.json

[adospinoiu]

@ali-thegilfoyle... yes, solcjs is installed and in the dependencies in the pacakge.json. See below:

    "solc": {
      "version": "0.8.7-fixed",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/solc/-/solc-0.8.7-fixed.tgz",
      "integrity": "sha512-nWZRkdPwfBpimAelO30Bz7/hxoj+mylb30gEpBL8hhEWR4xqu2ezQAxWK1Hz5xx1NqesbgGjSgnGul49tRHWgQ==",
      "requires": {
        "command-exists": "^1.2.8",
        "commander": "3.0.2",
        "follow-redirects": "^1.12.1",
        "fs-extra": "^0.30.0",
        "js-sha3": "0.8.0",
        "memorystream": "^0.3.1",
        "require-from-string": "^2.0.0",
        "semver": "^5.5.0",
        "tmp": "0.0.33"
      },
      "dependencies": {
        "commander": {
          "version": "3.0.2",
          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-3.0.2.tgz",
          "integrity": "sha512-Gar0ASD4BDyKC4hl4DwHqDrmvjoxWKZigVnAbn5H1owvm4CxCPdb0HQDehwNYMJpla5+M2tPmPARzhtYuwpHow=="
        }
      }
    },

Also, when I ran the full command in the Terminal window ... I did include the 'npm run' words. See below also.

Alex_Desktop@DESKTOP-7MOB12B MINGW64 /d/Web3 Related/Blockchain, Solidity, Full-Stack Tutorial/ethers-simple-storage
$ npm run solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path D:\Web3 Related\Blockchain, Solidity, Full-Stack Tutorial\ethers-simple-storage\package.json
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'D:\Web3 Related\Blockchain, Solidity, Full-Stack Tutorial\ethers-simple-storage\package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Alex_Desktop\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2022-06-13T13_48_17_733Z-debug.log

[alymurtazamemon]

@adospinoiu package.json file is not correct. it will look like this:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
    "ethers": "^5.6.8",
    "fs-extra": "^10.1.0",
    "solc": "^0.8.14-fixed"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "compile": "solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol"
  }
}

[PatrickAlphaC]

Use npx or yarn

npx solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . SimpleStorage.sol

npm is a package manager but doesn't do execution.
npx does the execution of npm packages

[adospinoiu]

@PatrickAlphaC Thank you! That worked.