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Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again #8466

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Description

@LizanLycan
  • Electron version: latest (That Try)
  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows [Versión 10.0.10586]

Expected behavior

Install from "npm" on Windows

Actual behavior

I can not use Electron because it is not installed correctly, despite using the shell in administrator mode. Note that when installing dependencies, it does not finish displaying the dependency tree that normally shows "npm".

How to reproduce

git clone https://github.com/electron/electron-quick-start
cd electron-quick-start
npm install
npm start

> electron-quick-start@1.0.0 start PATH\electron-quick-start
> electron .

PATH\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electron\index.js:9
throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/' + path.basename(__dirname) + ' and try installing again')
^

Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again
at Object.<anonymous> (PATH\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electron\index.js:9:9)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
at Object.<anonymous> (PATH\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electron\cli.js:3:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)

npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586
npm ERR! argv "C:\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\{user_name}\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.9.4
npm ERR! npm v4.1.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! electron-quick-start@1.0.0 start: electron .
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron-quick-start@1.0.0 start script 'electron .'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron-quick-start package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! electron .
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs electron-quick-start
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls electron-quick-start
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! PATH\electron-quick-start\npm-debug.log

npm-debug.txt

THANKS!

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enlight

enlight commented on Jan 22, 2017

@enlight
Contributor

despite using the shell in administrator mode

That's generally a really bad idea. Does your NPM/Node environment work without admin mode?

MarshallOfSound

MarshallOfSound commented on Jan 22, 2017

@MarshallOfSound
Member

I mean, have you tried doing what the error suggests and and deleting "node_modules/electron" and trying again?

LizanLycan

LizanLycan commented on Jan 22, 2017

@LizanLycan
Author

@MarshallOfSound That's right, I did it several times.

It seems strange to me one thing, during the installation of modules, apparently does not finish correctly, because it remains as follows:

$ npm install

> electron@1.4.15 postinstall C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\Desktop\SisTelSim\SisTelSim_Dev\electron-quick-start\node_modules\electron
> node install.js
(It remains on hold)

LizanLycan

LizanLycan commented on Jan 22, 2017

@LizanLycan
Author

@enlight I have installed multiple global instances, and they work correctly. I rarely have to install them with an administrator.

MarshallOfSound

MarshallOfSound commented on Jan 22, 2017

@MarshallOfSound
Member

@LizanLycan It remains on node install.js while it downloads Electron. Please let it finish and don't cancel it halfway through.

LizanLycan

LizanLycan commented on Jan 23, 2017

@LizanLycan
Author

@MarshallOfSound Ok that's what I've been doing. I was looking for the size of the package to give me an idea of ​​how long it might take, but I did not get it. I left it for over 1 hour. Still waiting, thanks for the comment.

MarshallOfSound

MarshallOfSound commented on Jan 23, 2017

@MarshallOfSound
Member

Try

npm install electron --verbose

It should output a progress bar for the download 👍

LizanLycan

LizanLycan commented on Jan 23, 2017

@LizanLycan
Author

@MarshallOfSound Thank you very much. I can now see the download progress. I'll wait until I finish and comment. 👍

LizanLycan

LizanLycan commented on Jan 23, 2017

@LizanLycan
Author

@MarshallOfSound
Apparently little hard joy.

electron@1.4.15 postinstall C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
node install.js

Downloading electron-v1.4.15-win32-x64.zip
Error: read ECONNRESET
C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\install.js:46
throw err
^

Error: read ECONNRESET
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1022:11)
at TLSWrap.onread (net.js:569:26)
npm verb lifecycle electron@1.4.15postinstall: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
npm verb lifecycle electron@1.4.15
postinstall: PATH: C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin;C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron\node_modules.bin;C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules.bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone;C:\nodejs;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Windows Performance Toolkit;C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa.dnx\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft DNX\Dnvm;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn;C:\Ruby22-x64\bin;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\MinGW\msys\bin\1.0;C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm
npm verb lifecycle electron@1.4.15postinstall: CWD: C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm info lifecycle electron@1.4.15
postinstall: Failed to exec postinstall script
npm verb unlock done using C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_locks\staging-d38db31138d15c28.lock for C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules.staging
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb gentlyRm don't care about contents; nuking C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\electron
npm verb stack Error: electron@1.4.15 postinstall: node install.js
npm verb stack Exit status 1
npm verb stack at EventEmitter. (C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\lifecycle.js:279:16)
npm verb stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
npm verb stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
npm verb stack at ChildProcess. (C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\spawn.js:40:14)
npm verb stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
npm verb stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
npm verb stack at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:877:16)
npm verb stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:226:5)
npm verb pkgid electron@1.4.15
npm verb cwd C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\Desktop\SisTelSim\SisTelSim_Dev\electron-quick-start
npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10586
npm ERR! argv "C:\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "electron" "-g" "--verbose"
npm ERR! node v6.9.4
npm ERR! npm v4.1.1
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE

npm ERR! electron@1.4.15 postinstall: node install.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.4.15 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs electron
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm verb exit [ 1, true ]

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\Lizandro Zerpa\Desktop\SisTelSim\SisTelSim_Dev\electron-quick-start\npm-debug.log

MarshallOfSound

MarshallOfSound commented on Jan 23, 2017

@MarshallOfSound
Member

Looks like you're having some network issues (which are out of our control 😢 )

You can download the ZIP file manually in your browser from here and place it in your C:\Users\<username>\.electron folder. Then it won't need to download itself 👍

nikparmar

nikparmar commented on Jan 23, 2017

@nikparmar

Can't find a solution for this -
m WARN lifecycle electron@1.4.15~postinstall: cannot run in wd %s %s (wd=%s) electron@1.4.15 node install.js /home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start/node_modules/electron
electron-quick-start@1.0.0 /home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start
-- electron@1.4.15 +-- electron-download@3.2.0 | +-- debug@2.6.0 | | -- ms@0.7.2
| +-- fs-extra@0.30.0
| | +-- graceful-fs@4.1.11
| | +-- jsonfile@2.4.0
| | +-- klaw@1.3.1
| | +-- path-is-absolute@1.0.1
| | -- rimraf@2.5.4 | | -- glob@7.1.1
| | +-- fs.realpath@1.0.0
| | +-- inflight@1.0.6
| | | -- wrappy@1.0.2 | | +-- minimatch@3.0.3 | | | -- brace-expansion@1.1.6
| | | +-- balanced-match@0.4.2
| | | -- concat-map@0.0.1 | | -- once@1.4.0
| +-- home-path@1.0.3
| +-- minimist@1.2.0
| +-- nugget@2.0.1
| | +-- pretty-bytes@1.0.4
| | | +-- get-stdin@4.0.1
| | | -- meow@3.7.0 | | | +-- camelcase-keys@2.1.0 | | | | -- camelcase@2.1.1
| | | +-- decamelize@1.2.0
| | | +-- loud-rejection@1.6.0
| | | | +-- currently-unhandled@0.4.1
| | | | | -- array-find-index@1.0.2 | | | | -- signal-exit@3.0.2
| | | +-- map-obj@1.0.1
| | | +-- normalize-package-data@2.3.5
| | | | +-- hosted-git-info@2.1.5
| | | | +-- is-builtin-module@1.0.0
| | | | | -- builtin-modules@1.1.1 | | | | -- validate-npm-package-license@3.0.1
| | | | +-- spdx-correct@1.0.2
| | | | | -- spdx-license-ids@1.2.2 | | | | -- spdx-expression-parse@1.0.4
| | | +-- object-assign@4.1.1
| | | +-- read-pkg-up@1.0.1
| | | | +-- find-up@1.1.2
| | | | -- read-pkg@1.1.0 | | | | +-- load-json-file@1.1.0 | | | | | +-- parse-json@2.2.0 | | | | | | -- error-ex@1.3.0
| | | | | | -- is-arrayish@0.2.1 | | | | | +-- pify@2.3.0 | | | | | -- strip-bom@2.0.0
| | | | | -- is-utf8@0.2.1 | | | | -- path-type@1.1.0
| | | +-- redent@1.0.0
| | | | +-- indent-string@2.1.0
| | | | | -- repeating@2.0.1 | | | | | -- is-finite@1.0.2
| | | | -- strip-indent@1.0.1 | | | -- trim-newlines@1.0.0
| | +-- progress-stream@1.2.0
| | | +-- speedometer@0.1.4
| | | -- through2@0.2.3 | | | +-- readable-stream@1.1.14 | | | | -- isarray@0.0.1
| | | -- xtend@2.1.2 | | | -- object-keys@0.4.0
| | +-- request@2.79.0
| | | +-- aws-sign2@0.6.0
| | | +-- aws4@1.5.0
| | | +-- caseless@0.11.0
| | | +-- combined-stream@1.0.5
| | | | -- delayed-stream@1.0.0 | | | +-- extend@3.0.0 | | | +-- forever-agent@0.6.1 | | | +-- form-data@2.1.2 | | | | -- asynckit@0.4.0
| | | +-- har-validator@2.0.6
| | | | +-- chalk@1.1.3
| | | | | +-- ansi-styles@2.2.1
| | | | | +-- escape-string-regexp@1.0.5
| | | | | +-- has-ansi@2.0.0
| | | | | -- supports-color@2.0.0 | | | | +-- commander@2.9.0 | | | | | -- graceful-readlink@1.0.1
| | | | -- is-my-json-valid@2.15.0 | | | | +-- generate-function@2.0.0 | | | | +-- generate-object-property@1.2.0 | | | | | -- is-property@1.0.2
| | | | +-- jsonpointer@4.0.1
| | | | -- xtend@4.0.1 | | | +-- hawk@3.1.3 | | | | +-- boom@2.10.1 | | | | +-- cryptiles@2.0.5 | | | | +-- hoek@2.16.3 | | | | -- sntp@1.0.9
| | | +-- http-signature@1.1.1
| | | | +-- assert-plus@0.2.0
| | | | +-- jsprim@1.3.1
| | | | | +-- extsprintf@1.0.2
| | | | | +-- json-schema@0.2.3
| | | | | -- verror@1.3.6 | | | | -- sshpk@1.10.2
| | | | +-- asn1@0.2.3
| | | | +-- assert-plus@1.0.0
| | | | +-- bcrypt-pbkdf@1.0.0
| | | | +-- dashdash@1.14.1
| | | | | -- assert-plus@1.0.0 | | | | +-- ecc-jsbn@0.1.1 | | | | +-- getpass@0.1.6 | | | | | -- assert-plus@1.0.0
| | | | +-- jodid25519@1.0.2
| | | | +-- jsbn@0.1.0
| | | | -- tweetnacl@0.14.5 | | | +-- is-typedarray@1.0.0 | | | +-- isstream@0.1.2 | | | +-- json-stringify-safe@5.0.1 | | | +-- mime-types@2.1.14 | | | | -- mime-db@1.26.0
| | | +-- oauth-sign@0.8.2
| | | +-- qs@6.3.0
| | | +-- stringstream@0.0.5
| | | +-- tough-cookie@2.3.2
| | | | -- punycode@1.4.1 | | | +-- tunnel-agent@0.4.3 | | | -- uuid@3.0.1
| | +-- single-line-log@1.1.2
| | | -- string-width@1.0.2 | | | +-- code-point-at@1.1.0 | | | +-- is-fullwidth-code-point@1.0.0 | | | | -- number-is-nan@1.0.1
| | | -- strip-ansi@3.0.1 | | | -- ansi-regex@2.1.1
| | -- throttleit@0.0.2 | +-- path-exists@2.1.0 | | -- pinkie-promise@2.0.1
| | -- pinkie@2.0.4 | +-- rc@1.1.6 | | +-- deep-extend@0.4.1 | | +-- ini@1.3.4 | | -- strip-json-comments@1.0.4
| +-- semver@5.3.0
| -- sumchecker@1.3.0 | -- es6-promise@4.0.5
-- extract-zip@1.6.0 +-- concat-stream@1.5.0 | +-- inherits@2.0.3 | +-- readable-stream@2.0.6 | | +-- core-util-is@1.0.2 | | +-- isarray@1.0.0 | | +-- process-nextick-args@1.0.7 | | +-- string_decoder@0.10.31 | | -- util-deprecate@1.0.2
| -- typedarray@0.0.6 +-- debug@0.7.4 +-- mkdirp@0.5.0 | -- minimist@0.0.8
-- yauzl@2.4.1 -- fd-slicer@1.0.1
`-- pend@1.2.0

electron-quick-start@1.0.0 start /home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start
electron .

/home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start/node_modules/electron/index.js:9
throw new Error('Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/' + path.basename(__dirname) + ' and try installing again')
^

Error: Electron failed to install correctly, please delete node_modules/electron and try installing again
at Object. (/home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start/node_modules/electron/index.js:9:9)
at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
at Object. (/home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start/node_modules/electron/cli.js:3:16)
at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)

npm ERR! Linux 4.4.0-59-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.6
npm ERR! npm v3.5.2
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! electron-quick-start@1.0.0 start: electron .
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron-quick-start@1.0.0 start script 'electron .'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron-quick-start package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! electron .
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs electron-quick-start
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls electron-quick-start
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/nikhil/workspace/electron_demo/electron-quick-start/npm-debug.log

LizanLycan

LizanLycan commented on Jan 23, 2017

@LizanLycan
Author

@MarshallOfSound helped me to correct this by observing the download and installation process with:

npm install electron -g --verbose

With this command you will install global Electron. You can not cancel until the download process is complete. Delete the folder node_modules and reinstall.

brandondtran

brandondtran commented on Feb 19, 2017

@brandondtran

@LizanLycan
Was your solution to install electron both globally and locally? Or one or the other?

Please help...I've tried everything...

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