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Hab
Hab

Reputation: 33

Unable to install node modules because 'This is related to npm not being able to find a file.'

So in my recent project I tried to install some node modules, in this case, express and MySQL, which both return the same error:

npm WARN [email protected] No repository field.

npm ERR! path C:\Users\user\projectroot\node_modules\on-finished npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! errno -4058 npm ERR! syscall rename npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\Users\user\projectroot\node_modules\on- finished' -> 'C:\Users\user\projectroot\node_modules.on-finished.DELETE' npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

I tried to delete all the related files, then reinstalling it, however that did not change anything. I have run npm init before the install even attempted to fill in the dependency manually, to then run npm install. It happens with every node module in any node project I have.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1307

Answers (2)

Hab
Hab

Reputation: 33

Turns out the issue was because the dropbox tried to synchronize the files as i was installing the package. Pausing or disabling this fixes the issue...

Upvotes: 1

Inch High
Inch High

Reputation: 845

Could you try this please:

1 - Ensure no NPM scripts are running.

2 - Navigate to your project route

3 - Run this command:

rm package-lock.json && npm i

Note - it may also be worth trying to delete your 'node_modules' folder in your project directory and running the above command.

Upvotes: 0

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