npm ERR! EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../@babel/parser/bin/babel-parser.js' -> '/home/vagrant/code/proadco.test/node_modules/.bin/parser'

Question

I\'m attempting to execute npm install in Git Bash client on Windows 8.1 but receiving the following error:

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL          


        

Answer 1

In case you want npm to stop from creating symlinks for you, you can avoid that by

npm install --no-bin-links

more information about it on npm documentation https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install.html

Note: This might have some unknown side effects, this methods worked fine for an application I was working on and when I encountered this issue. The side effects might be related to symlink, which npm is trying to create, and in the later phase of development it finds out that the symlink is not available.