Failed to npm install because of .staging folder

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Hello npm team!

I'm opening this issue because:

• npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• npm is doing something I don't understand.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

Whenever I try to npm install it throws the next error:

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@^1.0.0 (node_modules\chokidar\node_modules\fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.1.2: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any
"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})
npm ERR! path D:\Projects\tigrisconnect\application\node_modules\.staging\grpc-a7d07917\node_modules\minimist
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'D:\Projects\tigrisconnect\application\node_modules\.staging\g
rpc-a7d07917\node_modules\minimist' -> 'D:\Projects\tigrisconnect\application\node_modules\.staging\minimist-e7d9618b'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-10-19T09_52_24_397Z-debug.log

Here is the list of used dependencies:

"dependencies": {
    "@uirouter/angularjs": "^1.0.3",
    "angular": "^1.6.4",
    "angular-animate": "^1.6.4",
    "angular-aria": "^1.6.4",
    "angular-base64": "^2.0.5",
    "angular-material": "^1.1.4",
    "angular-messages": "^1.6.4",
    "angular-moment": "^1.0.1",
    "angular-sanitize": "^1.6.4",
    "angular-toastr": "^2.1.1",
    "angular-translate": "^2.15.2",
    "angular-translate-loader-static-files": "^2.15.2",
    "autoprefixer": "^6.4.0",
    "axios": "^0.16.2",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "body-parser": "^1.17.1",
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
    "bootstrap-social": "^5.1.1",
    "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
    "connect-session-sequelize": "^4.1.0",
    "cookie": "^0.3.1",
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
    "dotenv": "^4.0.0",
    "ejs": "^2.5.6",
    "express": "^4.15.2",
    "express-favicon": "^2.0.0",
    "express-rate-limit": "^2.9.0",
    "express-session": "^1.15.1",
    "extend": "^3.0.1",
    "firebase": "^4.3.1",
    "firebase-admin": "^5.2.1",
    "font-awesome": "^4.7.0",
    "fstream": "^1.0.11",
    "helmet": "^3.5.0",
    "html-pdf": "^2.1.0",
    "joi": "^10.2.2",
    "jquery": "^3.2.1",
    "jquery-validation": "^1.16.0",
    "jquery.easing": "^1.4.1",
    "jsforce": "^1.7.1",
    "jsonschema": "^1.1.1",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^7.3.0",
    "jwt-decode": "^2.2.0",
    "localforage": "^1.5.0",
    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
    "md5": "^2.2.1",
    "mkdirp-promise": "^5.0.1",
    "moment": "^2.18.1",
    "morgan": "^1.8.1",
    "ms": "^0.7.3",
    "nodemailer": "^4.1.2",
    "passport": "^0.3.2",
    "passport-facebook": "^2.1.1",
    "passport-google-oauth": "^1.0.0",
    "passport-google-oauth20": "^1.0.0",
    "passport-jwt": "^2.2.1",
    "passport-linkedin-oauth2": "^1.5.0",
    "passport-local": "^1.0.0",
    "pg": "^6.1.3",
    "pg-hstore": "^2.3.2",
    "pm2": "^2.4.2",
    "postcss-cli": "^2.6.0",
    "remove": "^0.1.5",
    "request-promise": "^4.2.1",
    "sanitize-filename": "^1.6.1",
    "scrollreveal": "^3.3.4",
    "sequelize": "^3.30.2",
    "socket.io": "^2.0.3",
    "spin": "^0.0.1",
    "toastr": "^2.1.2",
    "umzug": "^1.11.0",
    "unzip-stream": "^0.1.2",
    "uuid-validate": "^0.0.2",
    "winston": "^2.3.1",
    "xoauth2": "^1.2.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.25.0",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "chai": "^3.5.0",
    "chai-http": "^3.0.0",
    "del": "^3.0.0",
    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
    "gulp-babel": "^6.1.2",
    "gulp-clean-css": "^3.5.0",
    "gulp-cli": "^1.3.0",
    "gulp-concat": "^2.6.1",
    "gulp-imagemin": "^3.3.0",
    "gulp-newer": "^1.3.0",
    "gulp-ng-annotate": "^2.0.0",
    "gulp-plumber": "^1.1.0",
    "gulp-postcss": "^7.0.0",
    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
    "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
    "mocha": "^3.2.0",
    "mocha-jscs": "^5.0.1",
    "mocha-jshint": "^2.3.1",
    "run-sequence": "^1.2.2",
    "sequelize-cli": "^2.7.0"
  }

supporting information:

• npm -v prints: 4.6.1
• node -v prints: 8.7.0
• npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: Windows 10

[ghost]

Guys I really need help with this one. Anyone?

[bzalasky]

@Mikhail1994 This isn't a perfect solution, but have you tried deleting your package-lock.json file, and regenerating it with npm install?

Actually, I just noticed you're using 4.6.1. Run npm i -g npm first.

[ghost]

Solved by deleting "^" before every package in dependency list