nodejs - specified path is too long

[stphnlwlsh]

I tried to install nodejs with:

scoop install nodejs

and got this error in my log file:

=== Logging started: 2016-03-11  23:36:53 ===
Error 1320. The specified path is too long: C:\Users\StephenWalsh\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\nodejs\5.7.0\_scoop_extract\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\node_modules\npmlog\node_modules\gauge\node_modules\lodash.padright\node_modules\lodash._createpadding\node_modules\lodash.repeat
=== Logging stopped: 2016-03-11  23:37:06 ===

Any thoughts on how to resolve?

[neoeinstein]

This is because node uses nested dependency folders. That makes Windows sad if the dependency tree is too deep because Windows has a max path length of 260 characters. Directory names have to be shorter, and have a max of 248.

EDIT: I see that this is happening for you during install, so the below may not be as helpful, but may lead to some insights that could help out.

You can set the cache location to be somewhere closer to the root by using:

npm config set cache /SOMEWHERE/ELSE

There is also a recommendation in the post_install after installing node that recommends deleting the npmrc file, which (based on your path above) I presume would have been:

rm C:\Users\StephenWalsh\AppData\Local\scoop\apps\nodejs\5.7.0\nodejs\node_modules\npm\npmrc

[stphnlwlsh]

I figured out how to resolve but it probably wasn't the ideal way. I did through the cached until I found the install file and just ran it through the GUI. Since then one of my .NET projects threw back the same error, so as you noted about the character limit, this isn't Scoop specific.

[rashil2000]

What command have you used to install Node?

[rashil2000]

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you looking to use Scoop in your team for development?

If so, you can find a brief introduction on the website https://scoop.sh and the Readme. For detailed information, you can refer to the Scoop Wiki.