I’m having trouble getting puppeteer to work properly in my Visual Studio Code terminal. Every time I try to install it using npm, I get this weird funding message instead of a normal installation.
Here’s what happens when I run the command:
npm install puppeteer
already up to date, audited 67 packages in 5s
8 packages are looking for funding
run `npm fund` for details
found 0 vulnerabilities
The installation doesn’t seem to complete normally and I’m not sure if puppeteer is actually installed or not. Is this funding message normal? Should I be worried about it? What does it mean exactly and how can I make sure puppeteer is properly installed on my system?
The funding message you’re seeing is common and not an indication of any installation problems. It simply informs you that the puppeteer package, along with its dependencies, is already installed and up to date in your project. To verify the installation, you can check your package.json file for puppeteer under dependencies, run npm list puppeteer to confirm its version, or look for a puppeteer folder in your node_modules directory. The funding message serves as a reminder about available donations for package maintainers and can be ignored if you don’t wish to support them financially.
Your puppeteer is installed correctly. The “already up to date” message means the package is in your node_modules folder - that’s not a failure, it’s npm telling you everything’s good. The funding notice shows up after most npm commands and has nothing to do with whether the install worked. You can ignore it or run npm config set fund false to turn it off. Want to test if puppeteer works? Just create a simple script and try launching a browser. If you don’t get module not found errors, you’re all set.
that funding msg is no biggie, totally normal! if it says ‘up to date,’ then puppeteer’s there. just try importing it like this: const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'). if you don’t get errors, you’re all set!