Add dist-tag error with how-to-npm

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I’m working on the how-to-npm tutorial and on the step Dist Tag I can’t seem to get the dist tag added properly.

I have tried countless different variations of the solution recommended on cloud9 forums
npm dist-tag add @{username}/{package name}@{version number} {tag}

as well as many variations of the supplied documentation

npm dist-tag add @linclark/pkg@1.0.1 beta
npm dist-tag add linclark@1.0.1 beta
npm dist-tag add pkg@1.0.1 beta
npm dist-tag add @username/linclark@1.1.0 [“beta”]
npm dist-tag add @username /linclark/pkg@1.0.1 [beta]

and no matter if the command succeeds and I get
+[beta]: @linclark/pkg@1.0.1
or the command results in one of the following errors

npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 missing : -/package/@username%2flinclark/dist-tags

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ubuntu/.npm/_logs/2017-08-16T13_33_06_978Z-debug.log

when I check to see if it’s added using npm dist-tag ls there’s only one dist-tag and the how-to-npm verify check will fail

Any help completing this would be greatly appreciated.

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In my case the correct form was (as recommended on cloud9):
npm dist-tag add @{username}/{package name}@{version number} {tag}.

Just make sure to insert the correct values that you can see typing “npm ls” command:

  • {username} is your “fake” username that you typed when asked for it;
  • {package name} is the name of your package (the one generated by you for the exercise)
  • {tag} is a string without any other character (in you example just beta)

I think “npm dist-tag add <pkg>@<version> [<tag>]` will add a new tag.” as explained in the exercise, is an error.

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Thank you very much for the responses. I still can’t seem to get the verification to work.
My user name is codereese and the package is @linclark/pkg

taken from package.json

“dependencies”: {
"@linclark/pkg": “^1.0.2”
},

I tried the command
npm dist-tag add @codereese/@linclark/pkg@1.1.0 beta

I tried every possible variation of this, with the @ in front of linclark, with the pkg, with the /pkg, and every other sort of possibility including version 1.0.2 and none seem to work.

I also tried npm dist-tag add @foo/how-to-npm@1.1.0 beta replacing foo with my name and that didn’t work either

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Section “dependencies” in package.json contains reference to other packages you previously installed and you intend to use in your project.
Take a look at the first row in that file, you would see your user and package names.
For instance, in my file I have this line:
"name": "@thefakeuser/how-to-npm",
Where the string “thefakeuser” is username I created for the exercise and the string “how-to-npm” is the package name.
So, to add the tag “beta” to my package (version 1.0.1) I had to use this command:
npm dist-tag add @thefakeuser/how-to-npm@1.0.1 beta
The walkthrough posted by SkyC is simple to follow and can help you to complete the challenge.
I hope you can quickly go on with this and the other challenges.
Do not feel discouraged and never give up.

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Thank you very much, I got it to work.