Error installing gsap/react

[Cristian Coppari]

I got this error when trying to deploy on Vercel.

Im using the last version of GSAP and @gsap/react:

npm ERR! code E403 22:17:59.965 npm ERR! 403 403 Forbidden - GET https://npm.greensock.com/@gsap%2freact/-/react-2.1.0.tgz - You must be logged in to install/publish packages. 22:17:59.965 npm ERR! 403 In most cases, you or one of your dependencies are requesting 22:17:59.965 npm ERR! 403 a package version that is forbidden by your security policy, or 22:17:59.966 npm ERR! 403 on a server you do not have access to. 22:17:59.967 22:17:59.967 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: /vercel/.npm/_logs/2024-02-13T01_17_48_879Z-debug-0.log 22:17:59.990 Error: Command "npm install" exited with 1

 

How can I fix it?

[GreenSock]

Hi @Cristian Coppari. That looks like you've got an .npmrc file somewhere that's telling it to point any  @gsap package to https://npm.greensock.com instead of the main npmjs.com repository. It looks like you're not a Club GSAP member anyway, so I'm not sure why you'd have that. 

 

In short, the key is to have it look for @gsap/react at the regular npmjs.com public repository. OR if you've got a Club GSAP membership, make sure you've got your npmrc file set up properly with your token. 

 

Sometimes people have an .npmrc file in a higher-up directory that's serving as the default, so definitely look for that if you don't find it in your project's directory. 

[Cristian Coppari]

I haven't a .npmrc file in the root project. I have a GSAP Club license with the agency account, but there are in differents folders.

 

EDIT: Had a .npmrc in the root of the user config folder.

Thank you so much!

Edited February 16 by Cristian Coppari
fixed

[GreenSock]

Yeah, those pesky root config folders. Glad you figured it out and got things working. Thanks for reporting back.