An error occurred while installing. Css-beautify.js

node -v v8.4.0

npm -v 5.4.2

npm install vue-cli -g

... ...
npm ERR! path e:\nodejs\node_global\node_modules\vue-cli\node_modules\js-beautify\js\bin\css-beautify.js
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod 'e:\nodejs\node_global\node_modules\vue-cli\node_modules\js-beautify\js\bin\css-beautify.js'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
... ...

[rrandom]

see https://github.com/beautify-web/js-beautify/issues/1247

[gafung]

Temporary fix for vue-cli:

Do not install it globally but in a temp folder.

mkdir C:\vue_cli_temp
cd C:\vue_cli_temp
npm install js-beautify@1.6.14
npm install vue-cli

Then you can use the vue-cli installed like this:

C:\vue_cli_temp\node_modules\.bin\vue init simple MyVueProject