How to install mysql via npm?

Question

Node.js

In general, good evening, and to whom morning.
Installed on the server (Centos 7) Node.js and NPM.
Now I want mysqljs, but it doesn't work...
Tried like this:
sudo npm install mysql --save
As a result, the error is:

npm ERR! code ENOSELF
npm ERR! Refusing to install package with name "mysql" under a package
npm ERR! also called "mysql". Did you name your project the same
npm ERR! as the dependency you're installing?
npm ERR!
npm ERR! For more information, see:
npm ERR!     <https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install#limitations-of-npms-install-algorithm>                                                                                                          
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2019-02-10T15_14_24_776Z-debug.log

Tried cleaning package... Cleaned it up.
I start again ... And again yells, but there is already no Description / Repository, etc., etc.
I can’t even install MongoDB through yum, again some problems.
I'm thinking about using json instead of a database :D

Answer 1

Do you seriously need to install the database through npm? Are you no longer satisfied with the standard os tools?

Answer 2

npm ERR! code ENOSELF

Change the "name" field in package.json to something else (not "mysql" or some other dependency package name).

Answer 3

Clean up package-lock.json

Answer 4

Install mysql normally via the package manager in the OS.