npm install error ENOTDIR - node.js

Question

I am very new to Node.js and trying to install Flatiron using npm but it gives me an error.
sudo npm install flatiron -g
And I get -
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron
npm ERR! Error: ENOTDIR, mkdir '/home/siddharthsaha/tmp/npm-28554/1353323290836-0.20847953506745398'
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 Linux 3.2.0-24-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "flatiron" "-g"
npm ERR! cwd /home/siddharthsaha/denarit
npm ERR! node -v v0.8.14
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.65
npm ERR! path /home/siddharthsaha/tmp/npm-28554/1353323290836-0.20847953506745398
npm ERR! code ENOTDIR
npm ERR! errno 27
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/siddharthsaha/denarit/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
What is wrong here? I have no clue.

Answer 1

Just solved the issue. Its because there's a file called tmp in the home directory.
rm -rf ~/tmp
sudo npm cache clear
sudo npm install -g node
Also... if you are trying to install npm then the same error and solution applies - delete ~/tmp

Answer 2

Try
sudo mkdir -p /home/siddharthsaha/tmp
sudo npm cache clear
before starting the install script, since npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/flatiron line states that this module is coming from cache. And also ENOTDIR states that there is no directory. Therefore, emptying the cache would solve your problem.

Answer 3

Below are the steps to install a given release from source without root
NOTE - this installs nodejs which gives you both node as well as npm,
they come together per release.
to start fresh remove prior node.js and npm installs as well as these :
sudo mv ~/.npmrc ~/.npmrc_ignore
sudo mv ~/.npm ~/.npm_ignore
sudo mv ~/tmp ~/tmp_ignore
sudo mv ~/.npm-init.js ~/.npm-init.js_ignore
to install nodejs and npm as yourself NOT root do these commands (OSX/linux) :
export NODE_PARENT=${HOME}/bin_0_10_32
mkdir ${NODE_PARENT}
download source from : http://nodejs.org/download/
cd node-v0.xxxx
./configure --prefix=${NODE_PARENT}/nodejs
make -j8
make install # IMPORTANT this is NOT using sudo
# not wanted since installing into $USER owned $NODE_PARENT
which puts it into dir defined by above --prefix
export PATH=${NODE_PARENT}/nodejs/bin:$PATH
define environment variable NODE_PATH so node can find dir for modules otherwise
npm install xxx will put newly installed module into current dir :
export NODE_PATH=${NODE_PARENT}/nodejs/lib/node_modules
when you use syntax : npm install -g some_cool_module
the -g for global installs it into dir $NODE_PATH and not your $PWD
nodejs install gives you npm as well :
ls -la ${NODE_PARENT}/nodejs/bin
Subsequent modules you install using global flag -g will automagically put
their ~binaries~ into above bin dir ... like browserify
Now put above three export xxx=yyy
commands into your ~/.bashrc or some such so your environment is setup

Answer 4

I direct delete the file of npm-debug.log.
then it's ok for me.