Why do Node modules go into .staging folder?

Question

I have an Electron app that I'm trying to install node modules for. When I run npm install, it creates the node_modules folder but all the modules go into a subfolder called .staging. Each module also has -xxxxx appended to it, where the x's are some random alphanumerics.

Other Electron apps I've created have never done this. All the node modules sit in the root of node_modules and don't have -xxxxx appended.

Any idea why this is happening?

Answer 1

I was also facing the same issue, I tried the steps below:

1. Delete package-lock.json
2. Delete Node Modules folder

3. Try installing it using below command (should be in open network)

   npm install 

Note: - ".staging" means, those dependencies are getting downloaded so for the temporary basis it keeps all those dependencies under ".staging" folder. Once all gets downloaded properly then it will showcase them under node_modules only.

I hope this will work.