Cannot install mean-cli via npm on Windows 7 - node.js

Question

Mean-cli is a package used to initialize meanio full stack javascript framework. But I cannot install it globally via npm. This is what I can provide you to understand what I mean.
C:\Windows\System32>npm install -g mean-cli
npm WARN engine mean-cli#0.9.14: wanted: {"node":"0.10.x","npm":"2.1.x"} (current:{"node":"0.10.34","npm":"1.4.28"})
> mean-cli#0.9.14 preinstall C:\Users\Rahul's\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\mean-cli
> node ./scripts/preinstall
npm ERR! mean-cli#0.9.14 preinstall: `node ./scripts/preinstall`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the mean-cli#0.9.14 preinstall script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the mean-cli package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node ./scripts/preinstall
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls mean-cli
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\\\node.exe" "C:\\Program
Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "mean-cli"
npm ERR! cwd C:\Windows\System32
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.34
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.28
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! not ok code 0
C:\Windows\System32>npm install -g npm
C:\Users\Rahul's\AppData\Roaming\npm\npm -> C:\Users\Rahul's\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js
npm#2.1.14 C:\Users\Rahul's\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm
C:\Windows\System32>npm -v
2.1.14
C:\Windows\System32>npm install -g mean-cli
> mean-cli#0.9.14 preinstall C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\mean-cli
> node ./scripts/preinstall
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "node" "C:\\Users\\Rahul's\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "-g" "mean-cli"
npm ERR! node v0.10.34
npm ERR! npm v2.1.14
npm ERR! file cmd
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! mean-cli#0.9.14 preinstall: `node ./scripts/preinstall`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the mean-cli#0.9.14 preinstall script 'node ./scripts/preinstall'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the mean-cli package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node ./scripts/preinstall
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls mean-cli
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Windows\System32\npm-debug.log
C:\Windows\System32>node -v
v0.10.34
C:\Windows\System32>npm -v
2.1.14
I have referred a stack overflow question where it was discussed that the node should be updated. My nodejs is updated and I have updated npm as you guys can see. But then I get .scripts/preinstall.js error. Saw their github ticket where they say that this issue has been resolved but still i am facing it. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I just ran into the same issue.
Running the console as Administrator fixed the issue for me.