Can't Install Mongoose via NPM - node.js

Question

I am trying to download mongoose into my node.js project via npm.
The command is npm install mongoose. However, this leads to the below output, and eventually leads to an error. The only things in the mongoose directory are the dependencies (in the node_modules folder). Any other package will work, but mongoose repeatedly fails. I've tried npm install -g mongoose and sudo npm install mongoose, but neither of them work either.
Any ideas what might be going wrong?
node version 0.10.20
npm version 1.3.11
$ npm install mongoose
npm WARN package.json mongo#0.1.0 No repository field.
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongoose
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.1.0
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/0.0.5
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/0.2.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/0.3.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/1.3.19
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/regexp-clone/0.0.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mpath/0.1.1
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/mpromise/0.2.1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/0.1.0
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/0.0.5
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/hooks/0.2.1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/muri/0.3.1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mongodb/1.3.19
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/regexp-clone/0.0.1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mpath/0.1.1
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/mpromise/0.2.1
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, chmod '/Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/index.js'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-#googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
npm ERR! command "/Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/bin/node" "/Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/bin/npm" "install" "mongoose"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.20
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
npm ERR! path /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/index.js
npm ERR! fstream_path /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/index.js
npm ERR! fstream_type File
npm ERR! fstream_class FileWriter
npm ERR! fstream_finish_call chmod
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR! fstream_stack /Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:305:19
npm ERR! fstream_stack Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: ENOTEMPTY, rmdir '/Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/hooks'
npm ERR! error rolling back mongoose#3.6.20 { [Error: ENOTEMPTY, rmdir '/Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/hooks']
npm ERR! error rolling back errno: 53,
npm ERR! error rolling back code: 'ENOTEMPTY',
npm ERR! error rolling back path: '/Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/hooks' }
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mpath/package.json'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-#googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
npm ERR! command "/Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/bin/node" "/Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/bin/npm" "install" "mongoose"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.20
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
npm ERR! path /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mpath/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, open '/Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mpromise/README.md'
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this log at:
npm ERR! <http://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues>
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR! <npm-#googlegroups.com>
npm ERR! System Darwin 11.4.2
npm ERR! command "/Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/bin/node" "/Users/khanh/.nvm/v0.10.20/bin/npm" "install" "mongoose"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.20
npm ERR! npm -v 1.3.11
npm ERR! path /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mpromise/README.md
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno 34
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/khanh/Code/bunnybots/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Answer 1

Use npm cache clean.
After that, install as normal, and the download should proceed correctly.

Answer 2

stop node server if its running, that was the problem in my case

Answer 3

I faced the same issue. Try this:
npm install -s mongoose
This will install it on your app, in fact on your package.json. It will be available as dependencies so you can easily require it.
Otherwise try
sudo npm install -g mongoose
That should also work, from your output above I can see that you haven't tried that.

Answer 4

Make index.js file in the folder where you have made the empty file of node using the command
npm init
Now try to install mongoose using command
npm install mongoose
If this doesn't work
delete the folder in which you have made empty node project.
then again make the same folder and then use the above instruction.

Answer 5

"npm cache clean --force ->> npm i mongoose" Worked for me.

Answer 6

It was just a problem with my local machine's NPM so make sure to restart your machine. It worked for me. 1