Why is gulp not installed locally?

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$ npm i gulp --save-dev error appears after
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No description
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No repository field.
npm WARN package.json [email protected] No README data
npm WARN install Refusing to install gulp as a dependency of itself

Answer 1

> cd path/to/dir/
> npm init
> npm install --save-dev gulp

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