Cordova installation problem

[mysorian]

Bug Report

Problem

Using npm Cordova did not install.

What is expected to happen?

I must be able to run cardova from command line

What does actually happen?

An error was thrown and executing c:\cardova -v

Information

This is the error: C:\WINDOWS\system32>cordova -v c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:77 throw err; ^

RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded at Object.mkdirSync (node:fs:1316:19) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:61:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:68:5) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12) at make (c:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\cordova\node_modules\conf\node_modules\make-dir\index.js:69:12)

Windows registry has reference to some Cardova image files. A few other Cardova related files in the npm folder.

Command or Code

C:\cardova -v

Environment, Platform, Device

Windows 10 (x64). npm is installed. Intel Core i7 on a Dell laptop.

Version information

Visual studio Community2017 and Android Studio Snow cat are installed and working

Checklist

• [ ] I searched for existing GitHub issues
• [ ] I updated all Cordova tooling to most recent version
• [x ] I included all the necessary information above

[mysorian]

Finally got the install to work. The problem was solved by clearing the npm cache using npm cache clean -f Why do I get the Cordova folder created in this folder (C:\Users\TestUser\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules**cordova**) ? Does the folder look complete? I suppose it is globally accessible. should I move it to a simpler location (like Program Files)?

[breautek]

That's the default path for globally installed packages on windows. I would advise against manually manipulating files, especially if you don't know what you're doing. Configure NPM instead if you prefer the global packages to be installed in a different location.

Closing this issue because it was found that it wasn't a cordova-windows issue.