isaacs/npm — Issue #1555: Unpack error installing under Windows (still)
Author: jrivett
Created: 2011-10-14 19:22:40+00:00
State: open

Sorry to do this to you, but I'm still getting this unpack error in Windows XP. I updated node to 0.5.9 and grabbed npm from github again, which actually gave me version 1.0.97, not 1.0.96. Still get this:
C:\npm>node cli.js install npm -gf
npm ERR! couldn't unpack C:\DOCUME~1\jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\npm-1318619641188\1318619641188-0.3295586744789034\tmp.tgz to C:\DOCUME~1\jeff\LOCALS~1\Temp\npm-1318619641188\1318619641188-0.3295586744789034\contents
npm ERR! Error: UNKNOWN, The operation completed successfully.
npm ERR! 'C:/DOCUME~1/jeff/LOCALS~1/Temp/npm-1318619641188/1318619641188-0.3295586744789034/contents/___package.npm/package'
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR!
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Windows_NT 5.1.2600
npm ERR! command "node" "C:\\npm\\cli.js" "install" "npm" "-gf"
npm ERR! cwd C:\npm
npm ERR! node -v v0.5.9
npm ERR! npm -v 1.0.97
npm ERR! path C:/DOCUME~1/jeff/LOCALS~1/Temp/npm-1318619641188/1318619641188-0.3295586744789034/contents/___package.npm/package
npm ERR! code UNKNOWN
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\npm\npm-debug.log
npm not ok