title: NPM ERROR: npm ERR! could not determine executable to run
body: <p>while running my application I'm facing this error: npm ERR! could not determine executable to run</p>
  <p>The log:</p>
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>cat /home/harry/.npm/_logs/2021-09-09T11_15_34_872Z-debug.log
  0 verbose cli [
  0 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/node',
  0 verbose cli   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js',
  0 verbose cli   'exec',
  0 verbose cli   '--',
  0 verbose cli   'babel-node',
  0 verbose cli   '4-main.js'
  0 verbose cli ]
  1 info using npm@7.21.1
  2 info using node@v16.9.0
  3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 0ms
  4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 3ms
  5 timing config:load:file:/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 1ms
  6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 1ms
  7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 3ms
  8 timing config:load:env Completed in 1ms
  9 timing config:load:file:/home/harry/HolbertonSchool/holbertonschool-web_back_end/0x0E-ES6_basic/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
  10 timing config:load:project Completed in 1ms
  11 timing config:load:file:/home/harry/.npmrc Completed in 0ms
  12 timing config:load:user Completed in 1ms
  13 timing config:load:file:/usr/local/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
  14 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
  15 timing config:load:validate Completed in 1ms
  16 timing config:load:credentials Completed in 2ms
  17 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 1ms
  18 timing config:load Completed in 14ms
  19 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 14ms
  20 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 0ms
  21 timing npm:load:setupLog Completed in 0ms
  22 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 4ms
  23 timing npm:load:cleanupLog Completed in 3ms
  24 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
  25 timing npm:load:projectScope Completed in 0ms
  26 timing npm:load Completed in 24ms
  27 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-node 1083ms (cache miss)
  28 timing command:exec Completed in 1122ms
  29 verbose stack Error: could not determine executable to run
  29 verbose stack     at getBinFromManifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/get-bin-from-manifest.js:15:23)
  29 verbose stack     at exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/index.js:113:15)
  30 verbose pkgid babel-node@0.0.1-security
  31 verbose cwd /home/harry/HolbertonSchool/holbertonschool-web_back_end/0x0E-ES6_basic
  32 verbose Linux 5.4.0-52-generic
  33 verbose argv &quot;/usr/local/bin/node&quot; &quot;/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js&quot; &quot;exec&quot; &quot;--&quot; &quot;babel-node&quot; &quot;4-main.js&quot;
  34 verbose node v16.9.0
  35 verbose npm  v7.21.1
  36 error could not determine executable to run
  37 verbose exit 1
  </code></pre>