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Cannot use NPM to install Jest

See original GitHub issue

🐛 Bug Report

When I am attempting to run npm install -D jest it shows this text in console:

npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN portfolio@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN portfolio@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! Maximum call stack size exceeded

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!    view logs

To Reproduce

Attempt to install Jest as a dependency inside the Nodejs Environment.

Expected behavior

Should Install Dependency for me to use!

envinfo

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.18363
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 7.70 GB / 15.82 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.18.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 6.14.4 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Utilities:
    Git: 2.27.0. - C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git.EXE
  IDEs:
    VSCode: 1.45.1 - C:\Users\shaun\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.CMD
  Languages:
    Bash: 4.4.23 - C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.EXE
    Perl: 5.30.2 - C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\perl.EXE
  Browsers:
    Edge: 44.18362.449.0
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.18362.1
(I use Chrome)

I am also storing my files on an External Hard Drive

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:14 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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Kermitttcommented, Aug 19, 2020

This issue appears to be directly related to a similar invalid argument, read issue that has appeared in multiple forums. I ran into this today and found the solution from those posts. This does appear to be an npm bug, but it only occurs when updating certain packages, and only when npm install is being executed on an external drive which is formatted as exFAT or FAT32. The solution that worked for me was to move everything off the drive, reformat as NTFS, and move everything back.

See this post on the npm community forums (and the many linked posts in the first response) https://npm.community/t/issues-installing-npm-packages/9262

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shaunstone0commented, Jun 9, 2020

Yes, I deleted the Cache also for NPM. Restarted my computer. It installs all of the dependencies but Jest. I updated NodeJs and NPM also.

EDIT: interestingly enough, it installs if I do the installation on my computer hard drive and not my external hard drive. I wonder why that is…