isaacs/npm — Issue #1519: Windows install failing with ERR! Error: UNKNOWN, The operation completed successfully.
Author: bernieplug
Created: 2011-10-08 21:19:18+00:00
State: open

Attempting Windows 7 install with "node cli.js install npm -gf" fails during unpacking.

A known dependency/version problem? Thanks for any clues!

Here is the tail of the log (starting just before the error):

...
silly chmod lru-cache.js 644
verbose gunzed C:\Users\Bernie\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1318107600733\131810760073
3-0.32579671987332404\contents\___package.npm\package
verbose rm'ed C:\Users\Bernie\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1318107600733\1318107600733
-0.32579671987332404\contents\package
ERR! couldn't unpack C:\Users\Bernie\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-1318107600733\131810
7600733-0.32579671987332404\tmp.tgz to C:\Users\Bernie\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-13
18107600733\1318107600733-0.32579671987332404\contents
ERR! Error: UNKNOWN, The operation completed successfully.
ERR! 'C:/Users/Bernie/AppData/Local/Temp/npm-1318107600733/1318107600733-0.3257
9671987332404/contents/___package.npm/package'
ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
ERR!
ERR! or email it to:
ERR!
ERR!
ERR! System Windows_NT 6.1.7601
ERR! command "node" "C:\\Users\\Bernie\\npm\\cli.js" "install" "npm" "-gf"
ERR! cwd C:\Users\Bernie\npm
ERR! node -v v0.5.8
ERR! npm -v 1.0.94
ERR! path C:/Users/Bernie/AppData/Local/Temp/npm-1318107600733/1318107600733-0.3
2579671987332404/contents/___package.npm/package
ERR! code UNKNOWN
verbose exit [ 1, true ]