As much as I love Npm, it can be quite buggy at times, especially on Windows.
One such error I encountered recently was trying to install the latest version of the Aurelia CLI by typing npm install -g aurelia-cli in most cases this just works and updates the existing version. However, a couple of times now, I kept getting some error about “ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename” and then something about a node_modules/.staging folder.
The fix is:
- Uninstall the dependency:
npm uninstall -g aurelia-cli - Clear your Npm cache:
npm cache clean - Then reinstall:
npm install -g aurelia-cli