How to publish NPM Scoped Packages / NPM scope not found?
node.js, npm, npm-publish
Solution
If you want to publish a package on npm using the name `@npmtestscope/firstpackage`, you need to make sure that the namespace `@npmtestscope` exists on npm. To create that namespace, you need to create an organization on npm with the name `npmtestscope`.
After you have created the organization, you can publish your package named `@npmtestscope/firstpackage` by executing `npm publish --access public`.
Note: To run `npm publish` for a package that belongs to a npm organization, you need to be logged in on your computer as a member of that organization. You can do that by executing `npm login`. The `npm whoami` command will show you the user name associated with the current login.
Problem
I want to start publishing npm packages to a scope. Do I need to register as a user with the scope as my user name? Example if I create a package like this: ``` ole@MKI:~/firstpackage$ npm init Use `npm install <pkg> --save` afterwards to install a package and save it as a dependency in the package.json file. Press ^C at any time to quit. name: (firstpackage) @npmtestscope/firstpackage version: (1.0.0) description: entry point: (index.js) test command: git repository: keywords: author: license: (ISC) About to write to /home/ole/deletethis/package.json: { "name": "@npmtestscope/firstpackage", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "", "main": "index.js", "scripts": { "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" }, "author": "", "license": "ISC" } Is this ok? (yes) ole@MKI:~/firstpackage$ touch README.md ole@MKI:~/firstpackage$ npm publish ``` This is the result: ``` npm ERR! 404 Scope not found : @npmtestscope/firstpackage ``` So what do I need to do in order for npm to find the scope?