# Failed to build **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** building, netlify-newbie\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522 "2022-04-05T23:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![olivia-cowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@olivia-cowan](https://answers.netlify.com/u/olivia-cowan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522/1 "2022-04-05T23:04:26Z")
PLEASE help us help you by writing a good post! - we need to know your netlify site name. Example: `gifted-antelope-58b104.netlify.app` - DNS issues? Tell us the custom domain, tell us the error message! We can’t help if we don’t know your domain. - Build problems? Link or paste the FULL build log & build settings screenshot The better the post - the faster the answer. 3:58:44 PM: Build ready to start 3:58:46 PM: build-image version: d2c6dbeac570350a387d832f64bc980dc964ad65 (focal) 3:58:46 PM: build-image tag: v4.8.0 3:58:46 PM: buildbot version: e552b142336b2b1222a93a4fd4cbed0019c77b46 3:58:47 PM: Fetching cached dependencies 3:58:47 PM: Failed to fetch cache, continuing with build 3:58:47 PM: Starting to prepare the repo for build 3:58:47 PM: No cached dependencies found. Cloning fresh repo 3:58:47 PM: git clone [GitHub - oliviacowan/pill-popper: final project for lighthouse labs](https://github.com/oliviacowan/pill-popper) 3:58:48 PM: Preparing Git Reference refs/heads/main 3:58:48 PM: Parsing package.json dependencies 3:58:53 PM: Failed to generate package.json data, continuing with build 3:58:54 PM: ​ ❯ Initial build environment baseRelDir: true branch: main context: production cwd: /opt/build/repo featureFlags: mode: buildbot repositoryRoot: /opt/build/repo siteId: 11db43be-b334-4867-90cb-da46ad14eae3 ​ ❯ UI build settings baseRelDir: true build: base: /front-end command: CI= npm run build environment: - CI - NETLIFY\_BUILD\_DEBUG publish: build/ ​ ❯ Resolved build environment branch: main buildDir: /opt/build/repo context: production env: ​ ❯ Resolved config build: base: /opt/build/repo command: CI= npm run build commandOrigin: ui environment: - CI - NETLIFY\_BUILD\_DEBUG publish: /opt/build/repo/build publishOrigin: ui 3:58:54 PM: Different build dir detected, going to use the one specified in the Netlify configuration file: ‘’ versus ‘/front-end’ in the Netlify UI 3:58:54 PM: Starting build script 3:58:54 PM: Installing dependencies 3:58:54 PM: Python version set to 2.7 3:58:55 PM: v16.14.2 is already installed. 3:58:55 PM: Now using node v16.14.2 (npm v8.5.0) 3:58:55 PM: Started restoring cached build plugins 3:58:55 PM: Finished restoring cached build plugins 3:58:55 PM: Attempting ruby version 2.7.2, read from environment 3:58:56 PM: Using ruby version 2.7.2 3:58:56 PM: Using PHP version 8.0 3:58:56 PM: Started restoring cached go cache 3:58:56 PM: Finished restoring cached go cache 3:58:56 PM: go version go1.16.5 linux/amd64 3:58:56 PM: go version go1.16.5 linux/amd64 3:58:56 PM: Installing missing commands 3:58:56 PM: Verify run directory 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3:58:58 PM: Netlify Build 3:58:58 PM: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ❯ Version 3:58:58 PM: @netlify/build 26.5.2 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ❯ Flags 3:58:58 PM: apiHost: [api-aws.netlify.com](http://api-aws.netlify.com) 3:58:58 PM: baseRelDir: true 3:58:58 PM: branch: main 3:58:58 PM: buildId: 624cc9a469e4b60a5b9e74d5 3:58:58 PM: buildbotServerSocket: /tmp/netlify-buildbot-socket 3:58:58 PM: cacheDir: /opt/build/cache 3:58:58 PM: cachedConfigPath: /tmp/netlify\_config.json 3:58:58 PM: context: production 3:58:58 PM: cwd: /opt/build/repo 3:58:58 PM: deployId: 624cc9a469e4b60a5b9e74d7 3:58:58 PM: featureFlags: 3:58:58 PM: - buildbot\_build\_go\_functions 3:58:58 PM: - zisi\_parse\_isc 3:58:58 PM: framework: unknown 3:58:58 PM: functionsDistDir: /tmp/zisi-624cc9a469e4b60a5b9e74d7 3:58:58 PM: mode: buildbot 3:58:58 PM: nodePath: /opt/buildhome/.nvm/versions/node/v16.14.2/bin/node 3:58:58 PM: repositoryRoot: /opt/build/repo 3:58:58 PM: saveConfig: true 3:58:58 PM: sendStatus: true 3:58:58 PM: siteId: 11db43be-b334-4867-90cb-da46ad14eae3 3:58:58 PM: statsd: 3:58:58 PM: host: 10.65.149.251 3:58:58 PM: port: 8125 3:58:58 PM: testOpts: 3:58:58 PM: silentLingeringProcesses: ‘’ 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ❯ Current directory 3:58:58 PM: /opt/build/repo 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ❯ Config file 3:58:58 PM: No config file was defined: using default values. 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ❯ Resolved config 3:58:58 PM: build: 3:58:58 PM: base: /opt/build/repo 3:58:58 PM: command: CI= npm run build 3:58:58 PM: commandOrigin: ui 3:58:58 PM: environment: 3:58:58 PM: - CI 3:58:58 PM: - NETLIFY\_BUILD\_DEBUG 3:58:58 PM: publish: /opt/build/repo/build 3:58:58 PM: publishOrigin: ui 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ❯ Context 3:58:58 PM: production 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3:58:58 PM: 1. Build command from Netlify app 3:58:58 PM: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:59:00 PM: Creating deploy upload records 3:58:58 PM: $ CI= npm run build 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! code ENOENT 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! syscall open 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! path /opt/build/repo/package.json 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! errno -2 3:59:00 PM: Failed during stage ‘building site’: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2 ([Search results for '"non-zero exit code: 2"' - Netlify Support Forums](https://ntl.fyi/exit-code-2)) 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/opt/build/repo/package.json’ 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! enoent 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: 3:58:58 PM: npm ERR! /opt/buildhome/.npm/\_logs/2022-04-05T22\_58\_58\_345Z-debug-0.log 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3:58:58 PM: “build.command” failed 3:58:58 PM: ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: Error message 3:58:58 PM: Command failed with exit code 254: CI= npm run build ([Search results for '"non-zero exit code: 254"' - Netlify Support Forums](https://ntl.fyi/exit-code-254)) 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: Error location 3:58:58 PM: In Build command from Netlify app: 3:58:58 PM: CI= npm run build 3:58:58 PM: ​ 3:58:58 PM: Resolved config 3:58:58 PM: build: 3:58:58 PM: base: /opt/build/repo 3:58:58 PM: command: CI= npm run build 3:58:58 PM: commandOrigin: ui 3:58:58 PM: environment: 3:58:58 PM: - CI 3:58:58 PM: - NETLIFY\_BUILD\_DEBUG 3:58:58 PM: publish: /opt/build/repo/build 3:58:58 PM: publishOrigin: ui 3:58:58 PM: Caching artifacts 3:58:58 PM: Started saving node modules 3:58:58 PM: Finished saving node modules 3:58:58 PM: Started saving build plugins 3:58:58 PM: Finished saving build plugins 3:58:58 PM: Started saving pip cache 3:58:58 PM: Finished saving pip cache 3:58:58 PM: Started saving emacs cask dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Finished saving emacs cask dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Started saving maven dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Finished saving maven dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Started saving boot dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Finished saving boot dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Started saving rust rustup cache 3:58:59 PM: Finished saving rust rustup cache 3:58:59 PM: Started saving go dependencies 3:58:59 PM: Finished saving go dependencies 3:59:00 PM: Build failed due to a user error: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2 3:59:00 PM: Failing build: Failed to build site 3:59:00 PM: Finished processing build request in 13.800804859s git repo: [GitHub - oliviacowan/pill-popper: final project for lighthouse labs](https://github.com/oliviacowan/pill-popper) I haven’t yet successfully built so I believe I don’t have a URL for it ---
**Author:** ![coelmay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/coelmay/32/24427_2.png) [@coelmay](https://answers.netlify.com/u/coelmay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522/2 "2022-04-06T00:25:31Z")
Hey @olivia-cowan > [@olivia-cowan](#): > > npm ERR! path /opt/build/repo/package.json There is no `package.json` _(as per above error message)_ in the root of the repository. I might presume you are wishing to deploy the front end of an app _(likely contained in the `front-end` directory)_ thus you need to set the _base directory_ as outlined in the Monorepo documentaion > **[Monorepos](https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/monorepos/)** > > Set up your sites to build from a monorepo. Consider where to declare dependencies and how to use workspaces on the platform. ---
**Author:** ![olivia-cowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@olivia-cowan](https://answers.netlify.com/u/olivia-cowan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522/3 "2022-04-06T00:44:34Z")
![Screen Shot 2022-04-05 at 5.42.21 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/original/3X/e/7/e7afca5b28ebc0242bd17afae8c17e40b5d9c744.png) sorry, i forgot to include these before. Am I missing something in them? ---
**Author:** ![olivia-cowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@olivia-cowan](https://answers.netlify.com/u/olivia-cowan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522/4 "2022-04-06T00:45:05Z")
![Screen Shot 2022-04-05 at 5.43.26 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/original/3X/4/e/4ed5694d5d299c7899930db4a3e862a4a73ef7a3.png) ---
**Author:** ![coelmay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/netlify/user_avatar/answers.netlify.com/coelmay/32/24427_2.png) [@coelmay](https://answers.netlify.com/u/coelmay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522/5 "2022-04-06T01:08:30Z")
Try removing the `base` from the `netlify.toml` in the `front-end` directory. ---
**Author:** ![olivia-cowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@olivia-cowan](https://answers.netlify.com/u/olivia-cowan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://answers.netlify.com/t/failed-to-build/54522/6 "2022-04-06T01:40:06Z")
that was it thank you!!