Problem when I execute npm install on docker

Question

Working on the same project as a colleague, when performing npm install I have the following problem, although none of my colleagues have the same problem. We all use docker environment, linux containers.

This is the error:

npm install
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: Browserslist 2 could fail on reading Browserslist >3.0 config used in other tools.
npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: If using 2.x branch, please upgrade to at least 2.1.6 to avoid a serious bug with socket data flow and an import issue introduced in 2.1.0

> [email protected] install /var/www/node_modules/node-sass
> node scripts/install.js

fs.js:113
    throw err;
    ^

Error: EINVAL: invalid argument, open '/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/package.json'
    at Object.openSync (fs.js:434:3)
    at Object.readFileSync (fs.js:339:35)
    at Object.Module._extensions..json (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:706:20)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:530:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:637:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/lib/extensions.js:7:9)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/gauge/node_modules/is-fullwidth-code-point'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/sass-graph/node_modules/camelcase'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/gauge/node_modules/string-width'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/sass-graph/node_modules/is-fullwidth-code-point'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/sass-graph/node_modules/string-width'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/abbrev'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/assert-plus'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/aws-sign2'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/caseless'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/console-control-strings'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/aws4'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/forever-agent'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/extend'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/has-unicode'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/block-stream'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/is-typedarray'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/isstream'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/jsbn'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/lodash.mergewith'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/lodash.clonedeep'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/oauth-sign'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/safer-buffer'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/ansi-styles'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/osenv'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/supports-color'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/tunnel-agent'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/chalk'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/yargs-parser/node_modules/camelcase'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/bcrypt-pbkdf'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/tweetnacl'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/npmlog'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/are-we-there-yet'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/wide-align'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/true-case-path'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/semver'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/asynckit'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/async-foreach'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/dashdash'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/delayed-stream'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/extsprintf'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/delegates'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/cross-spawn'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/combined-stream'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/getpass'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/har-validator'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/json-stringify-safe'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/in-publish'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/har-schema'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/form-data'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/nopt'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/nan'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/verror'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/tough-cookie'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/jsprim'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/ecc-jsbn'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/qs'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/request'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/gaze'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/http-signature'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/globule'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/tar'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/fstream'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/sass-graph/node_modules/yargs'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/json-schema'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/performance-now'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/asn1'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/scss-tokenizer/node_modules/source-map'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/stdout-stream'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/sshpk'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/laravel-mix'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-gyp/node_modules/semver'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/sass-graph/node_modules/is-fullwidth-code-point'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/gauge/node_modules/is-fullwidth-code-point'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/scss-tokenizer/node_modules/source-map'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/yargs-parser/node_modules/camelcase'
npm WARN rollback Rolling back [email protected] failed (this is probably harmless): ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rmdir '/var/www/node_modules/node-sass/node_modules/chalk'
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of popper.js@^1.14.3 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of imagemin@^5.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN [email protected] requires a peer of ajv@^6.0.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: `node scripts/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2018-08-30T10_12_31_719Z-debug.log

I try:

• rm -rf node_modules
• rm package-lock.json yarn.lock
• npm cache clear --force
• npm config set user 0
• npm config set unsafe-perm true
• npm install -g sm
• npm install
• npm install --no-bin-links

But without success.

Thanks

Answer 1

npm install is falling while installing node-sass. I have faced this issue personally many times and npm rebuild node-sass command always helps me out.

Hope, it does for you too :)

Answer 2

Since it fails on readFileSync/openSync, this can be related to file synchronization issues between Docker and your host (Windows). It fails in /var/www which is most likely the folder which you're sharing as a volume inside the Docker container.

As for the workaround, you can exclude a node_modules sub-folder and make it persistent.

If you're using docker-compose.yml, mount a persistent docker volume in place of your local node_modules directory, e.g.

...
  volumes:
    - .:/var/www
    - node_modules:/var/www/node_modules

See: Add a volume to Docker, but exclude a sub-folder

Related GitHub issue: EINVAL: invalid argument, open 'node-sass/package.json'.

Check also node-sass's troubleshooting page.

Related question: npm install on laradock not working.