# Elm-make: elm-package.json: openBinaryFile: does not exist

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**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/elm-make-elm-package-json-openbinaryfile-does-not-exist/3260 "2019-03-04T18:14:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Birowsky](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.elm-lang.org/birowsky/32/3298_2.png) [@Birowsky](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/Birowsky)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/elm-make-elm-package-json-openbinaryfile-does-not-exist/3260/1 "2019-03-04T18:14:03Z")

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I do a fresh installation: `npm i elm@0.18 -g`  
I try to build using: `elm-make ./src/scripts/MainModule.elm`

I get:

> elm-make: elm-package.json: openBinaryFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)

But the `elm-package.json` file is right there in the directory where `elm-make` is called from.

Thoughts?

Note: I’m using [nvm](https://github.com/creationix/nvm), in case it matters.

Here’s a [Stack Overflow post](https://stackoverflow.com/q/54989374/592641), if someone’s interested in points.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/elm_lang/original/1X/50a05e53677a2c3b47776d7abd0f113eb50193a1.png) [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/elm-make-elm-package-json-openbinaryfile-does-not-exist/3260/2 "2019-03-14T18:14:11Z")

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