When npm cant find file to rename delete

npm fails while trying to delete or rename a file during an npm install with a message of

This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

Things that might work...

• Try running npm install more than once. 🤦
• Try deleting the node_modules folder. It might help. It might not.
• Try using yarn instead. This has been my solution in the past.

But the best solution for me seems to be:

npm cache clean -f

To completely clear whatever

Full text of error:

npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! path C:\temp\scratch\vite\hello-vite-world\node_modules\function-bind
npm ERR! dest C:\temp\scratch\vite\hello-vite-world\node_modules\.function-bind.DELETE
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\temp\scratch\vite\hello-vite-world\node_modules\function-bind' -> 'C:\temp\scratch\vite\hello-vite-world\node_modules\.function-bind.DELETE'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

Source(s)

• What could cause an error related to npm not being able to find a file? No contents in my node_modules subfolder. Why is that?

See also

• npm cant find file to rename delete