npm install not working, module not found, tried seemingly everything - mysql

Question

I have had no issues with installing modules up until now, and I'm not sure what went wrong, as I haven't changed my workflow at all.
I ran:
npm i --save mariadb
in the root directory of my Node project. Then I imported this module:
const mariadb = require("mariadb")
When I try to run, though, I get
Error: Cannot find module 'mariadb'
Looking in node_modules, mariadb indeed is in there, but then looking in package.json, mariadb is not listed in dependencies. I then tried running
npm install --save mariadb
in the src directory to same effect. Then tried
npm install -g mariadb
to same effect. Then tried
rm -rf node_modules
npm install
Same effect, and I also get this error (I assume it must be related somehow):
No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.CLTools_Executables' found at '/'.
No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLILeo' found at '/'.
No receipt for 'com.apple.pkg.DeveloperToolsCLI' found at '/'.
gyp: No Xcode or CLT version detected!
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:351:16)
gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:210:5)
gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:272:12)
gyp ERR! System Darwin 19.4.0
gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd /Users/codyray/github.com/cody-a-ray/neighbors/client/node_modules/fsevents
gyp ERR! node -v v12.14.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v5.0.5
gyp ERR! not ok
> core-js#2.6.11 postinstall /Users/codyray/github.com/cody-a-ray/neighbors/client/node_modules/babel-runtime/node_modules/core-js
> node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"
Also, after that last command, every package.json file has the following error:
Problems loading reference 'https://schemastore.azurewebsites.net/schemas/json/package.json': Unable to load schema from 'https://schemastore.azurewebsites.net/schemas/json/package.json': getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND schemastore.azurewebsites.net.
I have no idea what any of this means. Seems very cryptic.
I then tried just manually adding mariadb to my package.json and running
npm install --save
again, to no effect.
God help me

Answer 1

Maybe you should try
npm install mariadb --save
I see you are putting in the wrong order, for more information run this command on your console:
npm help install