Error: The middleware loopback.favicon is not installed

I am new to loopback, I setup a new loopback application, and run npm install and after doing 

node server/server.js

I am getting the below mentioned error, I tried googling it, but was of no use,,, 

Error: The middleware loopback.favicon is not installed.
Run `npm install --save serve-favicon` to fix the problem.
    at /home/nishant/nishant/goibibo_ugc/node_modules/loopback/lib/express-middleware.js:18:11
    at Function.middlewares.favicon (/home/nishant/nishant/goibibo_ugc/node_modules/loopback/lib/express-middleware.js:52:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/nishant/nishant/goibibo_ugc/server/server.js:7:18)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:906:3

Nothing is mentioned about it on loopback documentation either,

Have not got a suitable fix for the above problem, but for temporary work,,

Have commented the line

// Set up the /favicon.ico
//app.use(loopback.favicon());

After which the server started, and working fine

Try:

npm uninstall -g strongloop
npm install -g strongloop
rm -rf node_modules/
npm install

This should fix everything.

have you tried

  • npm install --save serve-favicon

which is aleady indicated there in error response.

Also check https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/issues/500