Cannot install nx globally/locally

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

Current Behavior

I'm using windows 10

I tried installing other packages/library globally it works (I know that this isn't about permission)... nx is the only thing that is not installing

using nvm to download node

node version: 20.13.1 npm version: 10.5.2

i even tried to rebuild the npm to be sure but yet it's still have a problem

Expected Behavior

I wanted this one to be installed

GitHub Repo

No response

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a terminal (doesn't matter if run as admin or not)
2. npm install nx -g

Nx Report

npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [
npm WARN cleanup   [
npm WARN cleanup     'C:\\Users\\JohnM\\AppData\\Roaming\\nvm\\v20.13.1\\node_modules\\nx',
npm WARN cleanup     [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.13.1\node_modules\nx\node_modules\js-yaml'] {
npm WARN cleanup       errno: -4048,
npm WARN cleanup       code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN cleanup       syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN cleanup       path: 'C:\\Users\\JohnM\\AppData\\Roaming\\nvm\\v20.13.1\\node_modules\\nx\\node_modules\\js-yaml'
npm WARN cleanup     }
npm WARN cleanup   ]
npm WARN cleanup ]
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.13.1\node_modules\nx
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node ./bin/post-install
npm ERR! C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.13.1\node_modules\nx\src\native\native-bindings.js:244
npm ERR!     throw loadError
npm ERR!     ^
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Error: The specified module could not be found.
npm ERR! \\?\C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Local\Temp\nx-native-file-cache-41edfcf\19.1.0-nx.win32-x64-msvc.node
npm ERR!     at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1454:18)
npm ERR!     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32)
npm ERR!     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1024:12)
npm ERR!     at Module._load (C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.13.1\node_modules\nx\src\native\index.js:60:27)
npm ERR!     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1233:19)
npm ERR!     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
npm ERR!     at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v20.13.1\node_modules\nx\src\native\native-bindings.js:66:29)
npm ERR!     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1358:14)
npm ERR!     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1416:10)
npm ERR!     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1208:32) {
npm ERR!   code: 'ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Node.js v20.13.1

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\JohnM\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-05-28T04_16_26_092Z-debug-0.log

Failure Logs

No response

Package Manager Version

10.5.2

Operating System

• [ ] macOS
• [ ] Linux
• [X] Windows
• [ ] Other (Please specify)

Additional Information

No response

[Wurielle]

Having this issue on Windows 10 as well.

The file does exist in C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nx-native-file-cache-41edfcf\19.1.0-nx.win32-x64-msvc.node but it seems like nx adds \\?\ in front of the path it's trying to load just like in the error above: npm ERR! \\?\C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\nx-native-file-cache-41edfcf\19.1.0-nx.win32-x64-msvc.node

Setting NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY = "/tmp/mycache" in my env variable will result in the same issue: npm ERR! \\?\C:\tmp\mycache\AppData\Local\Temp\nx-native-file-cache-41edfcf\19.1.0-nx.win32-x64-msvc.node

I tried to downgrade the version of nx to 18.3.4 as well but the same issue occurs so I'm assuming it's not new.

[MaxKless]

Hey! For now it should be possible to set the NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY variable to something else. Can you check whether it works for you if you specify an absolute path there? I don't think the \\? is the issue, it looks like that's just how windows specifies potentially very long paths.

The module loading error is a bit of a misdirect I think as it shadows the true, underlying error. In this case this is ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED which I've never heard of before. @Wurielle do you get the same stack trace with ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED? Does the error code change if you specify NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY? Since it's in 18.3.4, it sounds like it might be a different issue.

@JohnMichaelangelo20 can you make sure that when you try to npm i nx -g, there are no other processes that might somehow use nx (vscode, intellij, daemon,...) running at the same time? It would give me more information. Thank you :)

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

Hey! For now it should be possible to set the NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY variable to something else. Can you check whether it works for you if you specify an absolute path there? I don't think the \\? is the issue, it looks like that's just how windows specifies potentially very long paths.

The module loading error is a bit of a misdirect I think as it shadows the true, underlying error. In this case this is ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED which I've never heard of before. @Wurielle do you get the same stack trace with ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED? Does the error code change if you specify NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY? Since it's in 18.3.4, it sounds like it might be a different issue.

@JohnMichaelangelo20 can you make sure that when you try to npm i nx -g, there are no other processes that might somehow use nx (vscode, intellij, daemon,...) running at the same time? It would give me more information. Thank you :)

I did run the command without anything being opened. I also just reformat my whole device and the very first I did was to install node and install nx and the error occurs from the beggining even if it's a fresh device.

[MaxKless]

is there anything else that might be special about your machine? multiple users, permissions? Have you tried setting the 'NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY' environment variable to another place that you surely have access to? I've tried reproducing and on my windows machine it installs just fine... So I need some more information. Can you trace it to an exact version where it worked before? Maybe you can record a video of it happening?

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

Hi @MaxKless 👋🏼 No, there is nothing special on my machine.

But npm i nx -g was working when it was on windows 11 and had to downgrade it to windows 10 but since then I got this error (here is what I download https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10)

This is what I followed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBO1aTgrVs

and I tried to install & uninstall node js got this pop up with different .msi each time I'm installing node that needed to be yes

Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?

8e80.msi` / 968e.msi / 9e9c.msi / 27e0f.msi

Multiple Users

User Permission

What is installed in my device (nvm is only here because I tried to install nx and have removed node js but same error; I tried install nx via node downloaded from nvm and node is uninstall and vice versa, same error 😟 )

Windows C: Security settings

Do I need something to be enabled/checked here?

[MaxKless]

@JohnMichaelangelo20 @Wurielle can you try setting the NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY env variable to another place that you have access to and check that it works with that workaround?

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

@MaxKless I added it to a new folder

I checked if I have access to that file (I have) and installed the nx again and got this (kindly see screenshot)

but it is here

[MaxKless]

huh, interesting... does the same happen if you have a folder name without any spaces?

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

yes, the first one I tried was without the space. Same error given.

[MaxKless]

sorry I'm poking a little bit in the dark here since I can't reproduce it myself. Have you tried on node 18 instead of 20?

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

yes, same error. 😞

[fthiery]

For the record, i had the crash on Linux, probably because i was running docker with --tmpfs /tmp ; defining NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY to another location fixed it.

[Avivbens]

Removing the native cache file resolved the issue for me 😄

Your file directory might be something else - note that

rm -rf /private/var/folders/rw/z_n8j7kd5_18t2bdrx7s65vw0000gq/T/nx-native-file-cache-84f6168

[unkbjct]

Need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable package

see more here https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/3612#issuecomment-1499259377

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

Hello everyone, I didn't keep track of which recent updates in nx did solve this issue but I tried it now and it is now working. 😄

[Bruno-Devs]

Hello @JohnMichaelangelo20 i am have same issue as you, i also tried to follow the two possible solution you used to get yours to work. i would like to know which of them seems like the right one to do.

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

@Bruno-Devs Hi, may I see your control panel?

Have you checked this one out? https://github.com/lerna/lerna/issues/3612#issuecomment-1499259377

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

[Bruno-Devs]

@Bruno-Devs Hi, may I see your control panel?

Have you checked this one out? lerna/lerna#3612 (comment)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

i have tried the two of them

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

Control Panel\Programs\Programs and Features

sorry, this path rather @Bruno-Devs .

[Bruno-Devs]

this is it

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

@Bruno-Devs I only have this two.

[Bruno-Devs]

did you restart your system after you uninstalled it

[JohnMichaelangelo20]

@Bruno-Devs yes, better clean everything and restart before installing it.

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