How to resolve rename error during npm install

Question

I opened the cmd window as administrator and ran npm install on a folder, got this error at one point:

npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename 'MyFolder\node_modules\.staging\@angular\common-54da66e9' -> 'MyFolder\node_modules\@angular\common'
npm ERR!     at destStatted (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\install\action\finalize.js:25:7)
npm ERR!     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\polyfills.js:264:29
npm ERR!     at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:123:15)

Same seems to work on other machines!

Can someone help me fix this?

Answer 1

I had this problem recently at my work place. In my case what I was doing was, I had the project open in the editor(I use VScode, which is cool:)) and then in the cmd window I was trying to run npm install on the same project folder. I got the same error no matter what I did.

The thing that solved the issue for me is, whenever I try to do npm install I close the editor window in which the project is opened and then run npm install from the cmd window. This works without any issues for me.

By the way I have observed that this is only with windows I guess, on my mac I have never encountered this issue.

Answer 2

working under windows 10 I opened the CMD as an administrator and that fixed my issue.