npm install fails

[Tim-Rapp]

any idea why this blows up? npm version is 6.14.8

$ npm install --save cloud-functions-runtime-config
npm ERR! code ENOSELF
npm ERR! Refusing to install package with name "cloud-functions-runtime-config" under a package
npm ERR! also called "cloud-functions-runtime-config". 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! /Users/tr/.npm/_logs/2020-10-31T15_59_02_009Z-debug.log