Lesson 5 : Unable to get package.json file in my directory on doing 'yarn add solc' on Mac (OSX)

[ghost]

The File is in my root directory but inspite of that after running the yarn add solc command the package.json file and other files dont appear in my folder

also when running command 'yarn solcjs --bin --abi --include-path node_modules/ --base-path . -o . simpleStorage.sol'

I get this error

Please help as I'm stuck

[alymurtazamemon]

@raf-1404 I think you have a folder inside a folder, can you push it to GitHub and leave the repo link so I can see the folder structure?

[yeskaydee]

@alymurtazamemon but for patrick the package.json file installed at the command execution, why do we have separately install the json file?

[alymurtazamemon]

@yeskaydee Some tools automatically create the package.json file, add the dependencies in it and install it at the same time, like when you create a hardhat project it does all for the project. But when we clone the repo from GitHub then we need to install the dependencies ourselves and due to that, we install it manually.

[yeskaydee]

@alymurtazamemon
6:48:56 / 1:07:54:30 patrick says the command yarn add solc added a couple of packages likepackage.jsonand yarn.lock
but for me

moreover for me the following is the output when i install solc using yarn

➜  ethers-simple-storage yarn add solc    
yarn add v1.22.19
warning package.json: No license field
warning package-lock.json found. Your project contains lock files generated by tools other than Yarn. It is advised not to mix package managers in order to avoid resolution inconsistencies caused by unsynchronized lock files. To clear this warning, remove package-lock.json.
warning No license field
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[2/4] 🚚  Fetching packages...
[3/4] 🔗  Linking dependencies...
[4/4] 🔨  Building fresh packages...
warning No license field
success Saved 1 new dependency.
info Direct dependencies
└─ solc@0.8.19
info All dependencies
└─ solc@0.8.19
✨  Done in 1.07s.

[alymurtazamemon]

@raf-1404 this command will add the solc dependency inside the package.json file, and your terminal says it was added successfully. As you can read it says you also have package-lock.json and yarn.lock both files. You should check the folder on your computer.

[yeskaydee]

i checked, it is not there @alymurtazamemon