npm install error while following instructions from https://github.com/liferay/alloy-ui

Question

The following error appears while installing local dependencies by following the instructions from this Github/Alloyui link.

I am using Windows 7 Os

C:\Users\Admin.HOME-PC>npm install 
npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
npm ERR! Failed to parse json
npm ERR! Unexpected end of input
npm ERR! File: C:\Users\Admin.HOME-PC\package.json
npm ERR! Failed to parse package.json data.
npm ERR! package.json must be actual JSON, not just JavaScript.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! This is not a bug in npm.<br>
npm ERR! Tell the package author to fix their package.json file. JSON.parse

npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nod
ejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! cwd C:\Users\Admin.HOME-PC
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.21
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
npm ERR! file C:\Users\Admin.HOME-PC\package.json
npm ERR! code EJSONPARSE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Admin.HOME-PC\npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Can please some one say how to over come this issue.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Dinesh M K

Answer 1

If you want to use AlloyUI in your project, download it from Alloy website and include it in your app as explained.

If you want to customize or play with AlloyUI source, you have to follow the setup instructions on the Github repo. Make soure you've cloned the repository first, then cd {cloned_repo} and run npm install (and so on as described).

Answer 2

CHeck your package.json file. It contain some error.