isaacs/npm — Issue #1979: no such file or directory '/tmp/...
Author: denisjacquemin
Created: 2012-01-02 14:49:14+00:00
State: open

I did a ```npm install``` on my EC2 instance (ubuntu) and got the following error

everything is working fine on Snow Leopard with the same versions of node and npm

- node -v v0.6.6
- npm -v 1.1.0-beta-4

```ruby
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/palette
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/redis
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/jade
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http GET https://github.com/visionmedia/express/zipball/master
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/stylus
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/redis
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/stylus
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/stylus/-/stylus-0.21.2.tgz
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas/-/canvas-0.8.2.tgz
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/palette
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/jade
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/stylus/-/stylus-0.21.2.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/canvas/-/canvas-0.8.2.tgz
npm http 200 https://github.com/visionmedia/express/zipball/master
npm ERR! couldn't unpack /tmp/npm-1325513430652/1325513430652-0.9352439029607922/tmp.tgz to /tmp/npm-1325513430652/1325513430652-0.9352439029607922
npm ERR! Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory '/tmp/npm-1325513430652/1325513430652-0.9352439029607922/package/package.json'
npm ERR! Report this *entire* log at:
npm ERR!
npm ERR! or email it to:
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
npm ERR! System Linux 2.6.38-13-virtual
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! cwd /home/ubuntu/app/screenshot-app
npm ERR! node -v v0.6.6
npm ERR! npm -v 1.1.0-beta-4
npm ERR! path /tmp/npm-1325513430652/1325513430652-0.9352439029607922/package/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! message ENOENT, no such file or directory '/tmp/npm-1325513430652/1325513430652-0.9352439029607922/package/package.json'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/ubuntu/app/screenshot-app/npm-debug.log
npm not ok
```