npm ERR! Refusing to delete / code EEXIST

Question

I\'m just running a simple npm install and i get this error.

npm ERR! path /Users/jasonazoulay/Desktop/fabrick.io/delegation/node_modules/@angul         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and it turned out the problem was that a stray instance of npm was running somewhere in the background at the same time I was trying to do the install (it was Webpack's npm run serve, to be precise).

Stopping the running instance resolved the problem.