bower ENOTFOUND Package App States=bower.json not found

Asked 6/10, 2015 at 11:17 Answered 25/3, 2019 at 11:28

How can I fix the following problem?

aaa@aaa $ bower install bower.json

bower bower.json#*              cached git://github.com/Kalitte/app-states.git#0.6.9
bower bower.json#*            validate 0.6.9 against git://github.com/Kalitte/app-states.git#*
bower webcomponentsjs#~0.5.4    cached git://github.com/Polymer/webcomponentsjs.git#0.5.5
bower webcomponentsjs#~0.5.4  validate 0.5.5 against git://github.com/Polymer/webcomponentsjs.git#~0.5.4
bower                        ENOTFOUND Package App States=bower.json not found

bower ENOTFOUND Package App States=bower.json not found

Acetylate answered 6/10, 2015 at 11:17 Comment(5)

It may have a problem with the new version of bower? – Acetylate 6/10, 2015 at 11:20

just type bower install. – Trophozoite 6/10, 2015 at 11:23

it is still not working – Acetylate 6/10, 2015 at 11:28

I opened new project and install bower again, and problem is gone. what a silly solution, but works :) – Acetylate 6/10, 2015 at 12:25

Thanks @Celik. That worked :) Didn't expect it to be so simple – Eley 9/10, 2015 at 12:9

I don't know how or at what point this happened, but it happened to me and if you look inside your bower_components folder there maybe a folder called App States. I deleted this folder and I was able to do an install.

Softshoe answered 24/11, 2015 at 23:3 Comment(1)

This should be accepted answer. It happened to me when I copied an entire bower_components from Windows to Linux – Lodie 7/12, 2016 at 6:17

You have your bower config in bower.json file, right? You don't give the file as argument, it messes like you show.

So, type in the folder that holds the bower.json file only

bower install

That command will find the bower.json for you automatically.

Cording answered 6/10, 2015 at 11:27 Comment(4)

when I type only "bower install", it still gives the same error – Acetylate 6/10, 2015 at 11:30

I opened new project and install bower again, and problem is gone. what a silly solution, but works :) – Acetylate 20/10, 2015 at 10:52

Maybe you post this as answer and then accept it? That way you can get question in answered mode. – Cording 20/10, 2015 at 12:41

It happens that exists a bugged bower module also called "bower.json" (libraries.io/bower/bower.json) so if you accidentally type "bower install bower.json" instead of "bower install", it starts installing the "bower.json" module from internet which messes all up, and makes the following "bower install" commands to fail with the OP message. So the solution is to remove the whole bower_components folder first and then regenerate it again cleanly with "bower install" as mico says. – Misology 20/2, 2016 at 11:47

In my case, the bower had created "App States" folder and after deleting the folder the error got resolved. After deleting the folder: execute

bower install --allow-root

This should fix the issue.

Sielen answered 25/3, 2019 at 11:28 Comment(0)

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