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

Answer 1

I was having 2 versions of node installed on my system. nodejs v4.2 and node v8.6

I thought this could be conflicting, so I deleted nodejs v4.2 with following commands.

sudo apt-get remove nodejs

and linked the path with

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/node /usr/bin/nodejs

Again I ran npm install and it got fixed