What could cause an error related to npm not being able to find a file No contents in my node modules subfolder Why is that

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I m trying to run npm install in the angular project folder I got from ASP NET Boilerplate and I m getting an error that is  related to npm not being able to find a file    D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt npm install npm WARN deprecated  types moment 2 13 0  This is a stub types definition for Moment  https   github com moment moment   Moment provides its own type definitions  so you don t need  types moment installed  npm WARN codelyzer 3 2 2 requires a peer of  angular compiler  2 3 1     gt  4 0 0-beta  lt 5 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN codelyzer 3 2 2 requires a peer of  angular core  2 3 1     gt  4 0 0-beta  lt 5 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  fsevents 1 1 3  node modules fsevents   npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  Error  EPERM  operation not permitted  rename  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  staging fsevents-8cc0601e node modules are-we-there-yet  - gt   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  staging are-we-there-yet-cedb4a6a   npm ERR  path D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules typescript npm ERR  code ENOENT npm ERR  errno -4058 npm ERR  syscall rename npm ERR  enoent ENOENT  no such file or directory  rename  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules typescript  - gt   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules  typescript 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      C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm-cache  logs 2018-03-21T19 33 18 250Z-debug log   I can clearly see that this is happening because my node modules subfolder contains only a single folder structure with no files within it  That structure is   node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules   I have node 8 9 4  npm 5 6 0  and angular-cli 1 5 0 installed as well as typescript 2 0 0  The latter two packages have been installed globally   Here is the package json file contents          name    MyProject        version    0 0 0        license    MIT        angular-cli            scripts              ng    ng            start    ng serve --host 0 0 0 0 --port 4200            hmr    ng serve --host 0 0 0 0 --port 4200 4201 --hmr -e hmr            test    ng test            pree2e    webdriver-manager update --standalone false --gecko false            e2e    protractor              private   true       dependencies               angular animations     5 0 3             angular common     5 0 3             angular compiler     5 0 3             angular core     5 0 3             angular forms     5 0 3             angular http     5 0 3             angular platform-browser     5 0 3             angular platform-browser-dynamic     5 0 3             angular router     5 0 3             aspnet signalr    1 0 0-preview1-28189             types bootstrap     3 3 33             types jquery     3 2 12             types jquery blockui    0 0 28             types jquery validation     1 16 3             types lodash     4 14 62             types moment     2 13 0             types moment-timezone     0 2 34             types signalr     2 2 33             types toastr     2 1 33            abp-ng2-module     1 3 0            abp-web-resources     3 3 0            animate css     3 5 2            block-ui     2 70 1            bootstrap     3 3 7            bootstrap-select     1 12 2            chart js     2 6 0            core-js     2 4 1            famfamfam-flags     1 0 0            flot     0 8 0-alpha            font-awesome     4 7 0            jquery     3 1 1            jquery-countto     1 2 0            jquery-migrate     3 0 0            jquery-slimscroll     1 3 8            jquery-sparkline     2 4 0            js-cookie     2 1 4            lodash     4 17 4            moment     2 18 1            moment-timezone     0 5 13            morris js     0 5 0            ngx-bootstrap     2 0 2            ngx-pagination     3 0 3            node-waves     0 7 5            push js    1 0 4            raphael     2 2 7            rxjs     5 5 2            signalr     2 2 1            simple-line-icons     2 4 1            spin js     2 3 2            sweetalert     2 0 8            toastr     2 1 2            ts-helpers     1 1 2            web-animations-js     2 3 1            zone js    0 8 18              devDependencies               angular cli     1 5 4             angular compiler-cli     5 0 3             angularclass hmr     2 1 3             types jasmine     2 5 38             types node     8 0 27            codelyzer     3 1 2            jasmine-core     2 5 2            jasmine-spec-reporter     4 2 1            karma     1 4 1            karma-chrome-launcher     2 0 0            karma-cli     1 0 1            karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter     1 3 0            karma-jasmine     1 1 0            karma-jasmine-html-reporter     0 2 2            nswag     11 12 7            protractor     5 1 1            ts-node     3 3 0            tslint     5 7 0            typescript    2 4 2            When I run npm install  I can see the packages being downloaded into the  staging folder  At the point that the finalize command is run  see the log below   I can see that the package folders are being consolidated and copied somewhere  but that somewhere does not appear to be my node modules subfolder other than the first set of subfolders as I have shown above  When the npm install completes  the  staging folder is deleted and all that I have left is that partial folder structure   Admittedly I am new to Node development - I usually work on our ASP NET Web API backends  I m trying to get my development environment in sync with our front end developer s development environment  I have spent most of the day looking for a solution  I ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling Node  I ve tried different versions that match our front end developer s environment  I ve tried using the latest versions of angular-cli and typescript and have fallen back to the versions I reference above in hopes that the  requires a peer  warnings would be resolved  I have searched for similar answers on this site  The closest one I have found remains unanswered   Here is the end of the  complete log  referenced in the npm error output   19577 silly saveTree    -- tsutils 2 22 2 19577 silly saveTree  -- typescript 2 4 2 19577 silly saveTree  -- web-animations-js 2 3 1 19577 silly saveTree  -- zone js 0 8 18 19578 warn codelyzer 3 2 2 requires a peer of  angular compiler  2 3 1     gt  4 0 0-beta  lt 5 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  19579 warn codelyzer 3 2 2 requires a peer of  angular core  2 3 1     gt  4 0 0-beta  lt 5 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  19580 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  fsevents 1 1 3  node modules fsevents   19581 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  Error  EPERM  operation not permitted  rename  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  staging fsevents-8cc0601e node modules are-we-there-yet  - gt   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  staging are-we-there-yet-cedb4a6a  19582 verbose optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  19582 verbose optional Please try running this command again as root Administrator  19583 verbose stack Error  ENOENT  no such file or directory  rename  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules typescript  - gt   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules  typescript DELETE  19584 verbose cwd D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular 19585 verbose Windows NT 10 0 16299 19586 verbose argv  C   Program Files  nodejs  node exe   C   Program Files  nodejs  node modules  npm  bin  npm-cli js   install  19587 verbose node v8 9 4 19588 verbose npm  v5 6 0 19589 error path D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules typescript 19590 error code ENOENT 19591 error errno -4058 19592 error syscall rename 19593 error enoent ENOENT  no such file or directory  rename  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules typescript  - gt   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular node modules  angular-devkit build-optimizer node modules  typescript DELETE  19594 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file  19595 verbose exit   -4058  true     Please advise

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Following what  viveknuna suggested  I upgraded to the latest version of node js and npm using the downloaded installer  I also installed the latest version of yarn using a downloaded installer  Then  as you can see below  I upgraded angular-cli and typescript  Here s what that process looked like   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt npm install -g  angular cli latest C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm ng - gt  C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm node modules  angular cli bin ng npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  fsevents 1 1 3  node modules  angular cli node modules fsevents   npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  Unsupported platform for fsevents 1 1 3  wanted   os   darwin   arch   any    current    os   win32   arch   x64        angular cli 1 7 3 added 75 packages  removed 166 packages  updated 61 packages and moved 24 packages in 29 084s  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt npm install -g typescript C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm tsserver - gt  C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm node modules typescript bin tsserver C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm tsc - gt  C  Users Jack AppData Roaming npm node modules typescript bin tsc   typescript 2 7 2 updated 1 package in 2 427s  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt node -v v8 10 0  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt npm -v 5 6 0  D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt yarn --version 1 5 1   Thereafter  I ran yarn and npm start in my angular folder and all appears to be well  Here s what that looked like   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt yarn yarn install v1 5 1  1 4  Resolving packages     2 4  Fetching packages    info fsevents 1 1 3  The platform  win32  is incompatible with this module  info  fsevents 1 1 3  is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check  Excluding it from installation   3 4  Linking dependencies    warning   angular cli  gt   schematics angular 0 1 10  has incorrect peer dependency   angular-devkit schematics 0 0 40   warning   angular cli  gt   angular-devkit schematics  gt   schematics schematics 0 0 10  has incorrect peer dependency   angular-devkit schematics 0 0 40   warning    gt  codelyzer 3 2 2  has incorrect peer dependency   angular compiler  2 3 1     gt  4 0 0-beta  lt 5 0 0   warning    gt  codelyzer 3 2 2  has incorrect peer dependency   angular core  2 3 1     gt  4 0 0-beta  lt 5 0 0    4 4  Building fresh packages    Done in 232 79s   D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular gt npm start   gt  MyProject 0 0 0 start D  Dev AspNetBoilerplate MyProject 3 5 0 angular  gt  ng serve --host 0 0 0 0 --port 4200     NG Live Development Server is listening on 0 0 0 0 4200  open your browser on http   localhost 4200     Date  2018-03-22T13 17 28 935Z Hash  8f226b6fa069b7c201ea Time  22494ms chunk  account module  account module chunk js    129 kB   rendered  chunk  app module  app module chunk js    497 kB   rendered  chunk  common  common chunk js  common  1 46 MB   rendered  chunk  inline  inline bundle js  inline  5 79 kB  entry   rendered  chunk  main  main bundle js  main  515 kB  initial   rendered  chunk  polyfills  polyfills bundle js  polyfills  1 1 MB  initial   rendered  chunk  styles  styles bundle js  styles  1 53 MB  initial   rendered  chunk  vendor  vendor bundle js  vendor  15 1 MB  initial   rendered   webpack  Compiled successfully

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The following steps work for me    npm cache clean -f rm -rf node modules npm i

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Try the following steps  1  Make sure you have the latest npm  npm install -g npm   2  Add an exception to your antivirus to ignore the node modules folder in your project  3    rm -rf node modules package-lock json   4    npm install

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If it happens  then it means you have to upgrade your node js  Simply uninstall your current node from your pc or mac and download the latest version from https   nodejs org en

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I had the SAME issue today and it was driving me nuts    What I had done was upgrade to node 8 10 and upgrade my NPM to the latest I uninstalled angular CLI  npm uninstall -g angular-cli npm uninstall --save-dev angular-cli   I then verified my Cache from NPM if it wasn t up to date I cleaned it and ran the install again if npm version is  lt  5 then use npm cache clean --force  npm install -g  angular cli latest   and created a new project file and create a new angular project

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In my case  this error happened with a new project   none of the proposed solutions here worked  so I simply reinstalled all the packages and started working correctly

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In my case I tried to run npm i firebase 7 8 2 and got the error because the dev server was running in another terminal on vsc  Hit ctrl c  y to stop it in that terminal  and then installation works

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In my case  I had to create a new app  reinstall my node packages  and copy my src document over   That worked

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It might be related to corruption in Angular Packages or incompatibility of packages  Please follow the below steps to solve the issue   Delete node modules folder manually  Install Node   https   nodejs org en download    Install Yarn   https   yarnpkg com en docs install    Open command prompt   go to path angular folder and run Yarn  Run angular nswag refresh bat  Run npm start from the angular folder   Update ASP NET Boilerplate suggests here to use yarn because npm has some problems  It is slow and can not consistently resolve dependencies  yarn solves those problems and it is compatible to npm as well

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