pnpm install on windows 10 not working

[nigelp]

Describe the bug

the pnpm install is failing. Git clone works fine. But when I try to pnpm "x" the error is:  ENOENT  ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir '\?'

pnpm: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir '\?' at async Object.mkdir (node:internal/fs/promises:858:10) at async createNewStoreController (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pnpm\dist\pnpm.cjs:135676:7) at async installDeps (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pnpm\dist\pnpm.cjs:198634:21) at async C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pnpm\dist\pnpm.cjs:234722:21 at async main (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pnpm\dist\pnpm.cjs:234681:34) at async runPnpm (C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pnpm\dist\pnpm.cjs:234953:5) at async C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\pnpm\dist\pnpm.cjs:234945:7

Link to the Bolt URL that caused the error

D:\boltcole\bolt.new-any-llm

Steps to reproduce

1. do git clone
2. cd bolt.new-any-llm
3. pnpm install
4. error

Expected behavior

I would expect it to install the dependencies

Screen Recording / Screenshot

No response

Platform

• OS: windows
• Version: 10
• Librefox browser (Firefox clone)

Additional context

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[witzulu]

Did you install npm on widows you must install it before installing pnpm

This will install node.js and npm https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager (make sure to select windows, or if you don't trust links,i understand, search node.js windows install) then run npm install -g pnpm in powershell

[nigelp]

Hi there, thanks for your response. Yes I have node, npm etc all installed. I also installed pnpm. Very frustrating.

[witzulu]

just a shot in the dark. are you using powershell and is it in administrator mode? if you open visual studio code in admin mode you can use the terminal also

[witzulu]

Sorry for double post. looked around and found this:

How to solve npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file https://sebhastian.com/npm-err-enoent/ you can try it maybe you get lucky

in short they say to: `Run the following commands one by one from the terminal:

👇 update npm to the latest version

npm install -g npm@latest

👇 clean npm cache

npm cache clean --force

👇 delete node modules and package-lock.json

npm rm -rf node_modules && rm package-lock.json

👇 retry installing dependencies

npm install`

[nigelp]

Thanks again for your help. I ran the problem through o1-preview and it seems that the pnpm is set to "store-dir=E:\pnpm-store".

I don't have an E: drive on my computer, and I have installed pnpm properly. So once I set the store to my local proper location on my C: drive, it all worked fine.

pnpm config set store-dir C:[correct_user_directory].pnpm-store pnpm config list (to check)

I think there should be an issue created so people don't go through all my hassles because of a sloppy mistake.

[PBemm69]

I also had lot of problems and all vanished when I installed Visual c++ latest version. Maybe this could help:

a) Install Visual c++ latest version b) delete Bolt.new directory c) Delete all your related sub directories from User folders ====> C:\ User.......\appdata (this is a hidden sub folder)\local\ from there remove all npm and pnpm directories d) Then start from the beginning

I am not that technical but this is what I did and it worked for me. I think this will do the job for you as well.

[cueup]

@witzulu try: npm i -g pnpm@9.4.0

Then you can use pnpm