Error ETXTBSY text file is busy on npm install

Question

When running npm install [any package] or even npm install on homestead I get the following error:

npm ERR! ETXTBSY: text file is busy, rmdir '/home/vagrant/valemus-shop-starter/valemus-shop

/node_modules/fsevents'

I tried removing the fsevents directory, however, it doesn't exist.

How do I fix this?

Answer 1

Hello,

1.Make sure to update node to latest version

To update, you can install n

sudo npm install -g n

Then just :

sudo n latest

2.Set Node scripts to use environment variables across platforms

In vagrant run :

npm install --save-dev cross-env
npm install 
npm run dev 

Thank You!!