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Babel/browserify throws "Error while parsing JSON - Unexpected token o"

Weird error when attempting to use browserify and babel:

./node_modules/.bin/browserify app/index.js -o bundle.js -t [ babelify --presets [ es2015 react ] ]

gives:

SyntaxError: /.../package.json: Error while parsing JSON - Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1 while parsing file: /.../index.js
    at Object.parse (native)
    at ConfigChainBuilder.addConfig (/.../dash/node_modules/babelify/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js:155:65)
    at ConfigChainBuilder.findConfigs (/.../dash/node_modules/babelify/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js:107:30)
    at buildConfigChain (/.../dash/node_modules/babelify/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/build-config-chain.js:66:13)
    at OptionManager.init (/.../dash/node_modules/babelify/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:369:58)
    at File.initOptions (/.../dash/node_modules/babelify/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:223:65)
    at new File

I have the proper presets installed for es2015 and react, but I have no idea why it's throwing up this error. The weird thing is, this command is working on my production server...

Any ideas?

Solution

  • This is the package.json parsing error, Check whether there is an package.json file at my user directory, if exist, delete it.