npm ERR! EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js' -> '/vagrant/node_modules/.bin/mkdirp' #1
Description
Observing was following issue:
npm WARN face-detection@1.0.0 No repository field.
npm WARN In opencv@3.2.0 replacing bundled version of node-pre-gyp with node-pre-gyp@0.6.28
npm ERR! Linux 3.19.0-25-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.10.1
npm ERR! npm v3.8.3
npm ERR! path ../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js
npm ERR! code EPROTO
npm ERR! errno -71
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js' -> '/vagrant/node_modules/.bin/mkdirp'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /vagrant/npm-debug.log
As it appears to be some issue with node-pre-gyp
I tried installing module node-pre-gyp globally. Issue was reproduced.
Tried taking ownership as suggested in Fixing Npm Permissions and installing once again:
sudo chown -R $(whoami) $(npm config get prefix)/{lib/node_modules,bin,share}
npm install node-pre-gyp -g
Success.
npm WARN face-detection@1.0.0 No repository field.
npm WARN In opencv@3.2.0 replacing bundled version of node-pre-gyp with node-pre-gyp@0.6.28
npm ERR! Linux 3.19.0-25-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.10.1
npm ERR! npm v3.8.3
npm ERR! path ../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js
npm ERR! code EPROTO
npm ERR! errno -71
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! EPROTO: protocol error, symlink '../mkdirp/bin/cmd.js' -> '/vagrant/node_modules/.bin/mkdirp'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR! <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /vagrant/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! code 1
Searching online brought me to Symbolic links with .. result in protocol error on vboxsf + 5.0.4:
- VBox 5.0.6 contains the fix.
Note: my VBox is apperntly old: Version 5.0.16 r105871