error “ETXTBSY: text file is busy” on npm install

Question

When running npm install [any package] or even npm install on homestead I get the following error:

npm ERR! ETXTBSY: text file is b         


        

Answer 1

I had problem with "npm install" too, I use Windows 10. Finally I got it fixed, what I did is that I exited from "vagrant ssh" and run "vagrant box update", then "npm install" worked. Notice that I ran "vagrant box update" and "npm install" out of "vagrant ssh". Hope it helps.