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 a similar problem and what seems to have worked is to uninstall npm and reinstall it, making sure to be logged in as the correct user for the reinstall. I think I previously installed npm as root, but was updating a package as a regular (sudo) user.

Answer 2

1. Uninstall node.js from control panel
2. Delete below folders

C:\Program Files (x86)\Nodejs
C:\Program Files\Nodejs
C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\npm (or %appdata%\npm)
C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache (or %appdata%\npm-cache)
C:\Users\{User}\.npmrc (and possibly check for that without the . prefix too)
C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-*

3. Install node.js again

Answer 3

Try running npm update -g npm then run npm i again.
If that doesn't work maybe npm cache clean helps.

If that doesn't work either you should consider removing the node_modules folder in your application and running npm i again.
If you still have no luck, I suggest removing the package-lock.json and the node_modules folder before running npm i.

Answer 4

I the same error but when I was trying to update module "cordova" to version 9. I fixed it by forcing the install with --force. The npm command I used:

npm i -g --force cordova@9 

Answer 5

Steps

1. Delete the node_modules directory completely.
2. Run npm install again.

This should help.

Answer 6

I had this problem when working on a virtual, encrypted disk. Moving the project to a regular disk solved the problem.