I'm trying to install Grunt on my project. It used to work perfectly, but now for some reason, it does not. Every time i try to install Grunt, I got this error: The weird thing is that the missing package change every time. I try verifying the cache, removing the node_modules folder, cleaning the cache using --force. Uninstall NPM and

Try these steps: Delete package-lock.json and run NPM again.Ensure no other processes of node.js are running (check task manager)If you are using visual studio code, close it and try running npm install again.If all else fails, restart your computer.See thread here: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17444

Can’t install any NPM package, error 4058

I’m trying to install Grunt on my project. It used to work perfectly, but now for some reason, it does not. Every time i try to install Grunt, I got this error:

npm ERR! path C:irreleventpathprojectnode_modulesansi-styles
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:irreleventpathprojectnode_modulesansi-styles' -> 'C:irreleventpathproject.ansi-styles.DELETE'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:UsersMeAppDataRoamingnpm-cache_logs2018-04-03T00_52_10_105Z-debug.log

The weird thing is that the missing package change every time.
I try verifying the cache, removing the node_modules folder, cleaning the cache using --force. Uninstall NPM and NodeJS, restart my computer. No chances.
I had to format my computer for security reason, I took the project folder but not the Roaming folder, I don’t know if this had an impact, but it shouldn’t since I reinstalled NPM.

I’m not sure if this will help but here is my package.json

{
 "name": "project",
 "version": "2.1.0",
 "repository": "project-2.0",
 "devDependencies": {
   "grunt": "^1.0.2",
   "grunt-cli": "^1.2.0",
   "grunt-contrib-concat": "~1.0.1",
   "grunt-contrib-copy": "^1.0.0",
   "grunt-contrib-cssmin": "~2.0.0",
   "grunt-contrib-jshint": "~1.1.0",
   "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~2.2.0",
   "grunt-contrib-watch": "~1.0.0",
   "grunt-html-build": "^0.7.1",
   "grunt-real-favicon": "^0.2.2"
 },
 "dependencies": {
   "angular-bootstrap-colorpicker": "^3.0.31",
   "angularjs-geolocation": "^0.1.3",
   "sprintf-js": "^1.1.1"
 }
}

Answer

Try these steps:

Delete package-lock.json and run NPM again.
Ensure no other processes of node.js are running (check task manager)
If you are using visual studio code, close it and try running npm install again.
If all else fails, restart your computer.

See thread here: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/17444

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