Can't install brunch on Windows 10 - Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink

Description

Can’t install brunch on Windows 10

Expected behavior

I expect npm install -g brunch to install brunch without errors.

Actual behavior

1. No antivirus installed. Windows protection is turned off.
2. All commands are run in as Administrator.

npm install -g brunch

C:\Users\foo\AppData\Roaming\npm\brunch -> C:\Users\foo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\brunch\bin\brunch
npm ERR! path C:\Users\foo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\brunch\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules\abbrev\package.json
npm ERR! code EPERM
npm ERR! errno -4048
npm ERR! syscall unlink
npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'C:\Users\foo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\brunch\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules\abbrev\package.json'
npm ERR!  { Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'C:\Users\foo\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\brunch\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules\abbrev\package.json'
npm ERR!   stack: 'Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink \'C:\\Users\\foo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\brunch\\node_modules\\fsevents\\node_modules\\abbrev\\package.json\'',
npm ERR!   errno: -4048,
npm ERR!   code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'unlink',
npm ERR!   path: 'C:\\Users\\foo\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\brunch\\node_modules\\fsevents\\node_modules\\abbrev\\package.json' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\foo\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-08-28T22_49_59_863Z-debug.log

Environment

Brunch:

Can't install it. That's the problem.

Node.js:

v8.4.0

NPM:

5.4.0

Operating system:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

[rendall]

@bxqgit Try rolling back to 5.3.0. npm i -g npm@5.3.0 There is likely an issue with 5.4.0

[shvaikalesh]

I will go ahead and close this issue. Please reopen if the problem is in Brunch core.