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A npm error.

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I get an error when I do npm install --save discord-giveaways

npm ERR! code ENOSELF
npm ERR! Refusing to install package with name "discord-giveaways" under a package
npm ERR! also called "discord-giveaways". Did you name your project the same
npm ERR! as the dependency you're installing?
npm ERR!
npm ERR! For more information, see:
npm ERR!     <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install#limitations-of-npms-install-algorithm>

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\akyra\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-10-21T12_29_57_756Z-debug.log

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:7 (4 by maintainers)

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Dragonizedpizzacommented, Dec 7, 2020

Yes, I sorted that out. It was very careless of me, I thought I’d done it on my bot’s folder.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 1:44 PM Androz notifications@github.com wrote:

Closed #114 https://github.com/Androz2091/discord-giveaways/issues/114.

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Androz2091commented, Dec 7, 2020

@Dragonizedpizza looks like you downloaded the files of the package and tried to install it in the downloaded folder. Instead, you should install it in your bot’s folder.