I'm trying to install all npm modules in ../AppData/Roaming folder. But each time it fails with error code - 4068

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I'm simply using the following command: "npm install -g". OS: Windows 8.1, CMD is administrator. Error log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli 'install', 1 verbose cli '-g' ] 2 info using [email protected] 3 info using [email protected] 4 verbose node symlink C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe 5 silly cache add args [ '.', null ]
6 verbose cache add spec .
7 silly cache add parsed spec { raw: '.',
7 silly cache add scope: null,
7 silly cache add name: null,
7 silly cache add rawSpec: '.',
7 silly cache add spec: 'C:\',
7 silly cache add type: 'local' }
8 error addLocal Could not install C:\
9 verbose stack Error: EISDIR, read
9 verbose stack at Error (native)
10 verbose cwd C:\
11 error Windows_NT 6.3.9600
12 error argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g"
13 error node v0.12.1
14 error npm v2.5.1
15 error code EISDIR
16 error errno -4068
17 error EISDIR, read
18 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
18 error http://github.com/npm/npm/issues
19 verbose exit [ -4068, true ]

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1 Answers

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It appears as though you are running npm install -g from your C: drive. npm has absolutely no idea what you want it to install unless you:

  1. pass it arguments, like how npm install -g npm will globally install npm
  2. run it in a directory that contains a package

Since you are not passing the command any arguments, npm assumes you want it to install what is in your current working directory. Since you do not have a package at the root of your C: drive, npm correctly errors out with the EISDIR error ("error: is directory").