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Can't install with npm

See original GitHub issue

When I run npm install forever, the last chunk of output shows a bunch of npm ERR! Error: ENOENT messages, among others, and the installation fails.

Here is the full terminal output:

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/forever
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/forever
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/broadway
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/cliff
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/daemon
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/microtime
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nconf
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nssocket
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fork
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/pkginfo
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/portfinder
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ps-tree
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/timespan
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/watch
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/utile
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/winston
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/broadway
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/cliff
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/daemon
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nconf
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/microtime
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nssocket
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fork
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/pkginfo
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/portfinder
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ps-tree
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/watch
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/timespan
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/utile
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/winston
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/parse-table

> microtime@0.2.0 install /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/microtime
> node-waf configure build

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache

> daemon@0.4.1 preinstall /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/daemon
> bash ./install

Checking for program g++ or c++          : /usr/bin/g++ 
Checking for program cpp                 : /usr/bin/cpp 
Checking for program ar                  : /usr/bin/ar 
Checking for program ranlib              : /usr/bin/ranlib 
Checking for g++                         : ok  
Checking for node path                   : ok /usr/local/lib/node 
Checking for node prefix                 : ok /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.6.11 
'configure' finished successfully (0.054s)
Waf: Entering directory `/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/microtime/build'
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ncp
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf
[1/2] cxx: src/microtime.cc -> build/Release/src/microtime_1.o
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/async
Checking for program g++ or c++          : /usr/bin/g++ 
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/lazy
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2
Checking for program cpp                 : /usr/bin/cpp 
Checking for program ar                  : /usr/bin/ar 
Checking for program ranlib              : /usr/bin/ranlib 
Checking for g++                         : ok  
Checking for node path                   : ok /usr/local/lib/node 
Checking for node prefix                 : ok /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.6.11 
'configure' finished successfully (0.058s)
Waf: Entering directory `/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/daemon/build'
[1/2] cxx: src/daemon.cc -> build/Release/src/daemon_1.o

> node-fork@0.4.2 preinstall /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/node-fork
> bash ./install

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap
[2/2] cxx_link: build/Release/src/microtime_1.o -> build/Release/microtime.node
Waf: Leaving directory `/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/microtime/build'
'build' finished successfully (0.344s)
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist/0.3.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/prompt/0.1.12
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/director/1.0.9-1
Checking for program g++ or c++          : /usr/bin/g++ 
Checking for program cpp                 : /usr/bin/cpp 
Checking for program ar                  : /usr/bin/ar 
Checking for program ranlib              : /usr/bin/ranlib 
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/parse-table
Checking for g++                         : ok  
Checking for node path                   : ok /usr/local/lib/node 
Checking for node prefix                 : ok /usr/local/Cellar/node/0.6.11 
[2/2] cxx_link: build/Release/src/daemon_1.o -> build/Release/daemon.node
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2/0.4.8
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/colors/0.6.0-1
'configure' finished successfully (0.073s)
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
Waf: Entering directory `/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/node-fork/build'
Waf: Leaving directory `/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/daemon/build'
'build' finished successfully (0.367s)
[1/2] cxx: src/createpair.cc -> build/Release/src/createpair_1.o
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/event-stream
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/async
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/colors
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/eyes
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/lazy
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/wordwrap
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ncp
[2/2] cxx_link: build/Release/src/createpair_1.o -> build/Release/createpair.node
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/optimist/0.3.1
Waf: Leaving directory `/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/node-fork/build'
'build' finished successfully (0.272s)
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/prompt/0.1.12
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/director/1.0.9-1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/eventemitter2/0.4.8
npm ERR! error installing prompt@0.1.12
npm ERR! error installing flatiron@0.1.14

npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/flatiron/node_modules/___optimist.npm/package/examples/boolean_single.js'
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System Darwin 10.7.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.11
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
npm ERR! path /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/flatiron/node_modules/___optimist.npm/package/examples/boolean_single.js
npm ERR! fstream_path /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/flatiron/node_modules/___optimist.npm/package/examples/boolean_single.js
npm ERR! fstream_type File
npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/flatiron/node_modules/___optimist.npm/package/examples/boolean_single.js'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:204:26)
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/eyes
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/colors/0.6.0-1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/event-stream
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/colors
npm ERR! error rolling back flatiron@0.1.14 Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error '/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/flatiron/node_modules/___director.npm/package'
npm ERR! error installing forever@0.8.5
npm WARN eyes@0.1.7 dependencies field should be hash of <name>:<version-range> pairs

npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/utile/node_modules/___ncp.npm/package/package.json'
npm ERR! You may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <npm-@googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! System Darwin 10.7.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.11
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.1
npm ERR! path /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/utile/node_modules/___ncp.npm/package/package.json
npm ERR! fstream_path /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/utile/node_modules/___ncp.npm/package/package.json
npm ERR! fstream_type File
npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
npm ERR! fstream_finish_call utimes
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory '/Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/node_modules/forever/node_modules/utile/node_modules/___ncp.npm/package/package.json'
npm ERR! errno {}
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:285:17)
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/npm-debug.log
npm not ok

The npm-debug.log looks like this:

info it worked if it ends with ok
verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', 'install', 'forever' ]
info using npm@1.1.1
info using node@v0.6.11
verbose /usr/local/bin/node node symlink
verbose config file /Users/viatropos/.npmrc
verbose config file /usr/local/etc/npmrc
verbose config file /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc
verbose caching /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/package.json
verbose loadDefaults abb@0.0.1
verbose from cache /Users/viatropos/Desktop/tw/abb/package.json
verbose cache add [ 'forever', null ]
silly cache add: name, spec, args [ undefined, 'forever', [ 'forever', null ] ]
verbose parsed url { pathname: 'forever', path: 'forever', href: 'forever' }
verbose addNamed [ 'forever', '' ]
verbose addNamed [ null, '' ]
silly name, range, hasData [ 'forever', '', false ]
verbose raw, before any munging forever
verbose url resolving [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './forever' ]
verbose url resolved https://registry.npmjs.org/forever
verbose etag "81UEI747U8TQUP5232RQC4J2B"

Do you know how to fix this?

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 12 years ago
  • Comments:7

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9reactions
lancejpollardcommented, Mar 3, 2012

It looks like clearing the cache worked!

npm cache clean
1reaction
YoucefMegouracommented, Jun 9, 2020

npm cache verify will fix the problem

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