'EPERM: operation not permitted' error when building Nuxt app

Question

Getting one of the following intermittant errors when running npm run dev:

EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'D:\projects\my_project\.nuxt\components'

EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'D:\projects\my_project\.nuxt

I tried npm cache clear to no avail. Some people attribute this issue to npm install folders shared on some network, not my case.

Note: this is a random issue. I just tried again after a couple hours and now it works. But when creating this question, it never worked no matter how many times I tried.

Any idea?

Answer 1

I had the same issue. I believe is related on VS Code.

I closed VS Code and stopped my console.
I rebuild Nuxt with 'npm run dev' and reopen VS Code.
Now is working.

Answer 2

To solve this issue is only

Stop dev, Close your CMD and Open CMD again and last you can npm run dev again

Hope this will help you :)

Answer 3

Same issue. I'm on windows with VS code. Closed terminal and run again with administrator, then it worked. Permission issue.