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Refusing to install twilio as a dependency of itself

In my node.js Twilio project folder, I am getting this error while executing npm install twilio

c:\...\Twilio>npm install twilio
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "twilio"
npm ERR! node v6.2.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.8.9
npm ERR! code ENOSELF

npm ERR! Refusing to install twilio as a dependency of itself
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     c:\...\Twilio\npm-debug.log

Any idea where I am going wrong?

Solution

  • Twilio developer evangelist here.

    Have you named your package, that is the name field in package.json, "twilio"?

    That is a regular cause of this kind of issue. Just rename the package something that is not one of its dependencies.