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As per here npm install web3-eth-accounts should create a dist folder. But i don't see any dist folder being created. Can someone please help me?

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  • did you run the build command as well? the dist files are made once you build the project – Achala Dissanayake Sep 26 '17 at 2:13
  • @AchalaDissanayake npm run-script build-all give following error - npm ERR! path /home/user/web3accounts3/package.json npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! errno -2 npm ERR! syscall open npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/web3accounts3/package.json' npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/user/.npm/_logs/2017-09-26T20_13_48_288Z-debug.log – AntiNatalist Sep 26 '17 at 20:16
  • should I be renaming package-lock.json to package.json before running the command to build the project? – AntiNatalist Sep 26 '17 at 20:19
  • did you go to the repository linked there. I see a dist folder there with a commit message "build files" which are normally gitignored – Achala Dissanayake Sep 27 '17 at 17:48
  • The one in the repository does not have this file dist/web3-eth-accounts.js ... there must be an easier way to create, sign and manage accounts through web3 than this, I don't believe I am doing rocket science here am i. – AntiNatalist Sep 27 '17 at 18:40
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You need to build your project to get the dist folder, which contains the compiled code. So the npm run-script build-all will create the dist folder as it's mentioned in the link you referred.

To get a understanding about dist folder, you my refer here.

The shortform dist stands for distributable and refers to a directory where files will be stored that can be directly used by others without the need to compile or minify the source code that is being reused.

Example: If I want to use the source code of a Java library that someone wrote, then you need to compile the sources first to make use of it. But if a library author puts already the precompiled version into the repository, then you can just go ahead. Such an already compiled version is saved into the dist directory.

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  • npm ERR! path /home/user/web3accounts3/package.json npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! errno -2 npm ERR! syscall open npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/web3accounts3/package.json' npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/user/.npm/_logs/2017-09-26T20_13_48_288Z-debug.log – AntiNatalist Sep 26 '17 at 20:18
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    @AntiNatalist if the answer was any help please accept it, or provide your own answer. That's a good practice in SE community. – ETHER Jul 8 '18 at 7:19

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