Lesson 7 Hardhat wont initlialise

[Cronk123]

@PatrickAlphaC
I have tried to initialize a new Hardhat project however my VS Code is pulling the package.json from another baby folder. I have tried to pull the version using yarn in an empty file and receive a version. Yet the initialisation will not run. Answers? My folder setup current sits at "Desktop/Hardhatleaning/hardhat-simple-storage" and im trying to init in a directory with a folder layout of "Desktop/Hardhatleaning/hardhat-fundme".

yarn yarn install v1.22.18 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. [1/5] 🔍 Resolving packages... success Already up-to-date. ✨ Done in 0.30s.

[Cronk123]

Now after fixing this issue somewhat it will not initialise because yarn did not install the whole hardhat package correctly and cant find folders when going to init.

[Cronk123]

Hey i tried this. when run rm package-lock.json it returns this:
No such file or directory
I then proceed to try yarn and it reinstalls with the same error. Having lots of fun with the tutorial and learning alot just stuck with this particular phase.

[czilauto0r1]

I just had the same problem now at same time on course :) don't know which OS you use but I'm on ubuntu, and I found that I have package.json, hardhat.config.js, package-lock.json in home directory, so I renamed these files with _bak on end, then run yarn hardhat and it's working. hope it will help you too

[Cronk123]

Hey im on mac. These errors are making it super hard to continue and none of them make sense. Its an amazing tutorial that i am loving but wish to pass this phase to continue.

[PatrickAlphaC]

@Cronk123 it's also just a warning, not an error. You can keep going and just ignore it for now.

[Cronk123]

Hey Guys i revisited this issue and found a stray file in my parent directory. I delated these folders and the command worked like a dream. I assume this mistake was made from a late night coding session from earlier on. SO glad i found this issue but if you guys are having this issue check all directories and ensure no stray files are hiding under your user profile where you are unable to visit without accessing from vscode using CMD + CLICK.

[TradMod]

Try using NPM brother

[alymurtazamemon]

@Cronk123 Follow these steps, I am going to mention the step-by-step from the start. Remove all of the things you have and do a fresh start.

I am supposing you have this main folder for placing all of the projects Desktop/Hardhatleaning

1. Type in the terminal cd Desktop/Hardhatleaning/ and enter.
2. Run mkdir hardhat-fund-me
3. Run cd hardhat-fund-me/ and enter
4. Now inside this folder run npm init --yes
5. Remove the main: "index.js" key/value from the package.json file.
6. Now run npm install --save-dev hardhat
7. Now run npx hardhat, it will show the list of options select the option that Patrick showed in the video. Select y for every question it asks.

And you are done.

[Cronk123]

Manually installed the package still emitting the same error.

[Cronk123]

is there a way I can go about making sure my CLI is not reading files from other directories. This is the major issue I believe.

[alymurtazamemon]

@PatrickAlphaC

[PatrickAlphaC]

I responded above. @Cronk123 feel free to ignore this warning for now.

[Cronk123]

@PatrickAlphaC Thank you so much for your help. Amazing work keep it up.

[Cronk123]

Hey Guys i revisited this issue and found a stray file in my parent directory. I delated these folders and the command worked like a dream. I assume this mistake was made from a late night coding session from earlier on. SO glad i found this issue but if you guys are having this issue check all directories and ensure no stray files are hiding under your user profile where you are unable to visit without accessing from vscode using CMD + CLICK.