An executable name was not provided. One could not be inferr

Error message

An executable name was not provided. One could not be inferred from the URL. Aborting.
  {} {}

What it means

Error "An executable name was not provided. One could not be inferred from the URL. Aborting. {} {}" thrown in denoland/deno.

Source

Thrown at cli/tools/installer/global.rs:1073

    fn validate_name(exec_name: &str) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
      if EXEC_NAME_RE.is_match(exec_name) {
        Ok(())
      } else {
        Err(anyhow!("Invalid executable name: {exec_name}"))
      }
    }

    let module_url = resolve_url_or_path(module_url, cwd)?;
    let name = if install_flags_global.name.is_some() {
      install_flags_global.name.clone()
    } else {
      bin_name_resolver.infer_name_from_url(&module_url).await
    };
    let name = match name {
      Some(name) => name,
      None => {
        return Err(anyhow!(
          "An executable name was not provided. One could not be inferred from the URL. Aborting.\n  {} {}",
          deno_runtime::colors::cyan("hint:"),
          "provide one with the `--name` flag"
        ));
      }
    };
    validate_name(&name)?;

    // Skip extra bin resolution when --name is provided (explicit single-entry
    // intent) or when the specifier has a sub_path (e.g. npm:cowsay/cowthink).
    let mut extra_entries = Vec::new();
    if install_flags_global.name.is_none()
      && let Ok(npm_ref) = NpmPackageReqReference::from_specifier(&module_url)
      && npm_ref.sub_path().is_none()
      && let Some(all_bins) = bin_name_resolver
        .resolve_all_bin_entries_from_npm(&module_url)
        .await
      && all_bins.len() > 1

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/tools/installer/global.rs:1073 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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