How to Solve NPM error “npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE”

NodeJS is a popular JavaScript web framework used by millions of web developers to build JavaScript-based applications and websites. However, sometimes you may get the error ‘npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE’ while installing NPM package or running a NodeJS application. In this article, we will learn how to fix this problem.

How to Solve NPM error “npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE”

Here are the steps to fix this error.

Open terminal (command prompt in Windows) and run the following command to clear NPM cache.

$ npm cache clean --force

Next you need to delete node_modules folder. Here is the command to do it in Linux.

$ rm -rf node_modules

If you are using Windows, run the following command or navigate to the folder, right click on it and select Delete dropdown option.

rmdir /S /Q node_modules

You can also delete package-lock.json file if you are not updating any packages. This remove any locks on any of the packages.

$ rm ./package-lock.json

Next, run the following command to install dependencies of NPM packages.

$ npm install

Lastly, restart NPM.

$ npm start

If it still does not work for you then look at the error message in red and act accordingly.

In this article, we have learnt how to fix ‘npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE’ error in NodeJS. It is specific to NodeJS and NPM setup and not a result of any other software or application on your system.

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