Cant npm install on widnows 10 when building from source

[ach-raf]

Node Version: v20.9.0
OS: Windows 10
I'm sure node and npm works, other projects work.
I already tried running as administrator, clearing the npm cache, manually removing the node_modules folder.

PS D:\programming\tunnelmole-client> npm install
npm warn cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm warn cleanup [
npm warn cleanup 'D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\validator',
npm warn cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\validator\es'] {
npm warn cleanup errno: -4048,
npm warn cleanup code: 'EPERM',
npm warn cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
npm warn cleanup path: 'D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\validator\es'
npm warn cleanup }
npm warn cleanup ]
npm warn cleanup ]
npm error code 1
npm error path D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\tunnelmole
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c cjs/bin/postinstall.js
npm error 'cjs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
npm error operable program or batch file.
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: _logs\2024-06-11T23_58_21_889Z-debug-0.log

warn cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
41 warn cleanup [
41 warn cleanup 'D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules',
41 warn cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\bl'] {
41 warn cleanup errno: -4048,
41 warn cleanup code: 'EPERM',
41 warn cleanup syscall: 'rmdir',
41 warn cleanup path: 'D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\bl'
41 warn cleanup }
41 warn cleanup ]
41 warn cleanup ]
42 verbose stack Error: command failed
42 verbose stack at promiseSpawn (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\promise-spawn\lib\index.js:22:22)
42 verbose stack at spawnWithShell (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\promise-spawn\lib\index.js:124:10)
42 verbose stack at promiseSpawn (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\promise-spawn\lib\index.js:12:12)
42 verbose stack at runScriptPkg (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\run-script\lib\run-script-pkg.js:77:13)
42 verbose stack at runScript (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\run-script\lib\run-script.js:9:12)
42 verbose stack at C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules@npmcli\arborist\lib\arborist\rebuild.js:329:17
42 verbose stack at run (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\promise-call-limit\dist\commonjs\index.js:67:22)
42 verbose stack at C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\promise-call-limit\dist\commonjs\index.js:84:9
42 verbose stack at new Promise ()
42 verbose stack at callLimit (C:\Users\USER\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\promise-call-limit\dist\commonjs\index.js:35:69)
43 verbose pkgid [email protected]
44 error code 1
45 error path D:\programming\tunnelmole-client\node_modules\tunnelmole
46 error command failed
47 error command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c cjs/bin/postinstall.js
48 error 'cjs' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
48 error operable program or batch file.
49 silly unfinished npm timer reify 1718150553350
50 silly unfinished npm timer reify:build 1718150611345
51 silly unfinished npm timer build 1718150611346
52 silly unfinished npm timer build:deps 1718150611347
53 silly unfinished npm timer build:run:postinstall 1718150611395
54 silly unfinished npm timer build:run:postinstall:node_modules/tunnelmole 1718150611396
55 verbose cwd D:\programming\tunnelmole-client
56 verbose os Windows_NT 10.0.19044
57 verbose node v20.9.0
58 verbose npm v10.8.1
59 verbose exit 1
60 verbose code 1

[robbie-cahill]

I'm not a windows user and do not have a windows install available to test with, but I think I can see some permissions errors in your logs.

You should try fixing those first. If you find a solution let me know.

[lonasozo]

Don't know if it can be useful, I've Win 11, but using WSL
curl -O https://install.tunnelmole.com/xD345/install && sudo bash install
it works pretty fine. If have it through NPM is not mandatory I suggest you to try it!

P.s. additionally from your logs, I think it could be useful to check the _logs\2024-06-11T23_58_21_889Z-debug-0.log output to debug it