ENOTDIR error on npm install (npm 3 over node 4. I know: legacy. Sorry :( )-CodePudding

First of all, my apologies for reporting a problem of npm3 here, but it looks like the old repo is currently in read only mode.

We have a big and old angularjs frontend app, that requires node4 and uses npm3. A couple of days ago, a problem raised when someone performed a npm install.

error

npm ERR! Linux 4.19.0-13-amd64
npm ERR! argv "/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqq/abc-batch-qqq/node/node" "/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqq/abc-batch-qqq/node/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v4.4.3
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.10
npm ERR! path /home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqq/abc-batch-qqq/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-69b48d6f/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOTDIR
npm ERR! errno -20
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! ENOTDIR: not a directory, open '/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqq/abc-batch-qqq/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-69b48d6f/package.json'
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

package.json

{
  "name": "abc",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "description": "Description for abc",
  "private": true,
  "cacheDirectories": [
    "node_modules",
    "src/main/webapp/bower_components"
  ],
  "devDependencies": {
    "bower": "1.7.9",
    "browser-sync": "2.12.10",
    "del": "2.2.1",
    "eslint-config-angular": "0.5.0",
    "eslint-plugin-angular": "1.3.1",
    "event-stream": "3.3.4",
    "generator-jhipster": "3.4.2",
    "gulp": "3.9.1",
    "gulp-angular-filesort": "1.1.1",
    "gulp-angular-templatecache": "2.0.0",
    "gulp-autoprefixer": "3.1.0",
    "gulp-changed": "1.3.1",
    "gulp-cssnano": "2.1.2",
    "gulp-eslint": "3.0.1",
    "gulp-flatten": "0.3.0",
    "gulp-footer": "1.0.5",
    "gulp-htmlmin": "2.0.0",
    "gulp-if": "2.0.1",
    "gulp-imagemin": "3.0.2",
    "gulp-inject": "4.1.0",
    "gulp-natural-sort": "0.1.1",
    "gulp-ng-annotate": "2.0.0",
    "gulp-ng-constant": "1.1.0",
    "gulp-notify": "2.2.0",
    "gulp-plumber": "1.1.0",
    "gulp-rename": "1.2.2",
    "gulp-replace": "0.5.4",
    "gulp-rev": "7.1.0",
    "gulp-rev-replace": "0.4.3",
    "gulp-sourcemaps": "1.6.0",
    "gulp-uglify": "1.5.4",
    "gulp-useref": "3.1.0",
    "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",
    "karma": "1.1.2",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "1.0.1",
    "karma-coverage": "1.1.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "1.0.2",
    "karma-junit-reporter": "1.1.0",
    "karma-phantomjs-launcher": "1.0.1",
    "karma-script-launcher": "1.0.0",
    "lazypipe": "1.0.1",
    "lodash": "4.14.0",
    "main-bower-files": "2.13.1",
    "map-stream": "0.0.6",
    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "2.1.9",
    "proxy-middleware": "0.15.0",
    "run-sequence": "1.2.2",
    "xml2js": "0.4.16",
    "yargs": "4.8.1",
    "useref": "1.4.1",
    "esquery": "1.0.1"
   },
  "engines": {
    "node": "^4.3"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "test": "gulp test"
  }
}

npm-debug

warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules/chokidar/node_modules/fsevents):
150443 warn notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
150444 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid OS:    darwin
150444 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid Arch:  any
150444 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual OS:   linux
150444 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual Arch: x64
150445 warn [email protected] requires a peer of encoding@^0.1.0 but none was installed.
150446 verbose If you need help, you may report this error at:
150446 verbose     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
150447 verbose stack Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, open '/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqqq/abc-batch-qqqq/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-69b48d6f/package.json'
150447 verbose stack     at Error (native)
150448 verbose cwd /home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqqq/abc-batch-qqqq
150449 error Linux 4.19.0-13-amd64
150450 error argv "/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqqq/abc-batch-qqqq/node/node" "/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqqq/abc-batch-qqqq/node/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "install"
150451 error node v4.4.3
150452 error npm  v3.10.10
150453 error path /home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqqq/abc-batch-qqqq/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-69b48d6f/package.json
150454 error code ENOTDIR
150455 error errno -20
150456 error syscall open
150457 error ENOTDIR: not a directory, open '/home/pparker/workspaces/eclipse/abc/abc_refactor/abc_qqqq/abc-batch-qqqq/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-69b48d6f/package.json'
150458 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
150458 error     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
150459 verbose exit [ -20, true ]

I cannot upgrade to newer npm versions, because of the angularjs app and dependencies. I tried to move to npm6, but the application also packaging stopped working

Anyone have any clues about this? I'm completely desperated...

Thanks in advance and sorry again.

CodePudding user response：

Just solved the issue. It's because there's a file called tmp in the home directory.

rm -rf ~/tmp
sudo npm cache clear
sudo npm install -g node

Also... if you are trying to install npm then the same error and solution applies - delete ~/tmp

CodePudding user response：

Try npm v6.10.3

npm install -g [email protected]

Won't hurt for trying it out. If possible can you provide error logs for packaging stopped working?