npm install - try again

[Mark Volkmann]

I often notice that when I pull the latest code on a project and run "npm install" I get various errors. Then if I run "npm install" again, the errors go away. Sometimes I have to run it three times.

How could running it again fix anything? Is there maybe an issue with the order in which the dependencies are getting installed?

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R. Mark Volkmann

Object Computing, Inc.

[Aria Stewart]

> On Dec 15, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark....@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I often notice that when I pull the latest code on a project and run "npm install" I get various errors. Then if I run "npm install" again, the errors go away. Sometimes I have to run it three times.
>
> How could running it again fix anything? Is there maybe an issue with the order in which the dependencies are getting installed?

That sounds like a race condition -- in particular, are you getting an `ENOENT` error?

Upgrading to the latest npm can help a ton. Bugs keep getting squashed!

Aria

[Mark Volkmann]

You are correct. They are ENOENT errors. I was using npm 3.3.10 with node 4.2.1.

I upgraded to the latest version of npm which is 3.5.2 and the errors disappeared!