`npm install` gives ENOENT errno -2 re missing dezalgo module

Question

I'm trying to run npm install for a little ember-driven site that I've got, but it throws the following error:

npm ERR! path /Projects/Etc/Admin/cuscus/node_modules/npm/node_modules/dezalgo
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/Projects/Etc/Admin/cuscus/node_modules/npm/node_modules/dezalgo' -> '/Projects/Etc/Admin/cuscus/node_modules/npm/node_modules/.dezalgo.DELETE'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent 

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/mick/.npm/_logs/2018-01-09T01_18_51_322Z-debug.log

If I delete the node_modules directory completely then run npm install again it seems to work, but running it again fails.

Answer 1

What you can try is:

1. Be sure that you use cmd promt in Admin mode.

2. If you use VS Code, kill all node procceses. Close it and try again.

3. Delete package-lock.json and node-modules folder and try again.
4. Change the node version. For example try the old one v6.11.2
5. Try to do npm cache clean --force
6. Try to remove {package}.DELETE in ~/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules after the initial npm i -g {package} and retry npm i -g {package}

One of it can help. But not for sure. The status of issue with this problem is open for the moment. https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17444