Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink 'D:\Sources\**\node_modules\fsevents\node_modules\abbrev\package.json'

Question

I just updated npm to 5.4.0.
Now, Whenever I want install a npm package I get the following error:

D:\\Sources\\DownloadCms\\Md         


        

Answer 1

Deleting package-lock.json fixed it for me.

Answer 2

For me on Windows the problem was too long path length. I moved the project to a smaller length path and it worked.

Answer 3

This was the only thing that worked for me:

npm cache clean --force

npm install -g npm@latest --force

rm package-lock.json

npm i -force

Answer 4

cache clean and npm update to latest with force work for me

npm cache clean --force

npm install -g npm@latest --force

Answer 5

I simply completely shutdown , NOT hibernated, my machine and restarted it. Ran the CMD as admin and used npm install command. It worked.

Answer 6

There seems to be many solutions out there that worked with downgrading npm versions. For me, the solution was

npm install -force

I tried the downgrading of npm versions, modifying my npm prefix config to match the npm directory, and clearing cache. None of these worked, but apparently they worked for others, so it may be worth a shot.