Npm install fails in npm-force-resolutions if there is a space in the user folder

[André Marcondes Teixeira]

Here is the error I am getting when running npm install:

Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, mkdir 'C:\Users\Andre'
command not found: npm-force-resolutions
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! cad-lite@0.1.0 preinstall: `npx npm-force-resolutions`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the cad-lite@0.1.0 preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
npm WARN Local package.json exists, but node_modules missing, did you mean to install?

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Andre Teixeira\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-09-21T13_07_45_868Z-debug.log

Here is the debut log (C:\Users\Andre Teixeira\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2020-09-21T13_07_45_868Z-debug.log)

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [
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 ]
2 info using npm@6.14.6
3 info using node@v12.18.3
4 verbose npm-session cdb3edcb11d401d1
5 silly install runPreinstallTopLevelLifecycles
6 silly preinstall cad-lite@0.1.0
7 info lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: cad-lite@0.1.0
8 verbose lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
9 verbose lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;C:\projects\project_x\frontend\node_modules\.bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Program Files\Symantec.cloud\PlatformAgent\;C:\Program Files\Git\cmd;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\150\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\170\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\dotnet\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\;C:\Users\Andre Teixeira\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Andre Teixeira\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Users\Andre Teixeira\AppData\Roaming\npm;C:\Users\Andre Teixeira\.dotnet\tools
10 verbose lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: CWD: C:\projects\project_x\frontend
11 silly lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'npx npm-force-resolutions' ]
12 silly lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
13 info lifecycle cad-lite@0.1.0~preinstall: Failed to exec preinstall script
14 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 1ms
15 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 1001ms
16 verbose stack Error: cad-lite@0.1.0 preinstall: `npx npm-force-resolutions`
16 verbose stack Exit status 1
16 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
16 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:315:20)
16 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
16 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
16 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
16 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
17 verbose pkgid cad-lite@0.1.0
18 verbose cwd C:\projects\project_x\frontend
19 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
20 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
21 verbose node v12.18.3
22 verbose npm  v6.14.6
23 error code ELIFECYCLE
24 error errno 1
25 error cad-lite@0.1.0 preinstall: `npx npm-force-resolutions`
25 error Exit status 1
26 error Failed at the cad-lite@0.1.0 preinstall script.
26 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
27 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

I know it is not an npm preinstall error because if I try running any other command on preinstall, it works well.

[André Marcondes Teixeira]

A workaround is setting npm cache folder to another place:
npm config set cache C:\tmp\nodejs\npm-cache --global

[Cecil Montemayor]

I am having this issue also...

[Cecil Montemayor]

I am having this issue also...

I tried just about every suggestion I could find and then some. Running npm audit fix did the trick for me.

[kapilg007]

None of the above resolution worked for me. Any other fix for this?

[Angelo Giuseppe]

To anyone experiencing this issue, feel free to try: https://www.npmjs.com/package/force-resolutions

Just change:

"preinstall": "npx npm-force-resolutions"

To:

"preinstall": "npx force-resolutions"

npx force-resolutions does not run when no package-lock.json is detected, and allows the next command inline to be executed as normal. This is useful when installing dependencies for a package that has been already published where package-lock.json is not available.

If this issue persists please send more information to be able to replicate, and afterwards implement and adaptation

Feedback and PR's are welcome