npm install error ENOTDIR

Question

I am very new to Node.js and trying to install Flatiron using npm but it gives me an error.

sudo npm install flatiron -g

And I get -

npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron
npm ERR! Error: ENOTDIR, mkdir '/home/siddharthsaha/tmp/npm-28554/1353323290836-0.20847953506745398'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!     <[email protected]>

npm ERR! System Linux 3.2.0-24-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "flatiron" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/siddharthsaha/denarit
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.14
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.65
npm ERR! path /home/siddharthsaha/tmp/npm-28554/1353323290836-0.20847953506745398
npm ERR! code ENOTDIR
npm ERR! errno 27
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/siddharthsaha/denarit/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

What is wrong here? I have no clue.

Answer 1

Just solved the issue. Its because there's a file called tmp in the home directory.

rm -rf ~/tmp
sudo npm cache clear
sudo npm install -g node

Also... if you are trying to install npm then the same error and solution applies - delete ~/tmp

Answer 2

Try

sudo mkdir -p /home/siddharthsaha/tmp
sudo npm cache clear

before starting the install script, since npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron line states that this module is coming from cache. And also ENOTDIR states that there is no directory. Therefore, emptying the cache would solve your problem.