npm ERR! Attempt to unlock "alfred-chrome", which hasn't been locked

[gradedcatfood]

So I have been trying to install https://github.com/ShogunPanda/alfred-chrome

and I continue to get this error from npm

Michaels-Pro:~ mmillis$ npm -g install alfred-chrome
npm WARN locking Error: EACCES, open '/Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock'
npm WARN locking  /Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock failed { [Error: EACCES, open '/Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock']
npm WARN locking   errno: 3,
npm WARN locking   code: 'EACCES',
npm WARN locking   path: '/Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock' }
npm ERR! Darwin 14.0.0
npm ERR! argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "-g" "install" "alfred-chrome"
npm ERR! node v0.10.33
npm ERR! npm  v2.1.6

npm ERR! Attempt to unlock /Users/mmillis/.node/lib/node_modules/alfred-chrome, which hasn't been locked
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/mmillis/npm-debug.log

Here is my error log:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'node', '/usr/local/bin/npm', '-g', 'install', 'alfred-chrome' ]
2 info using npm@2.1.6
3 info using node@v0.10.33
4 verbose node symlink /usr/local/bin/node
5 silly cache add args [ 'alfred-chrome', null ]
6 verbose cache add spec alfred-chrome
7 silly cache add parsed spec { raw: 'alfred-chrome',
7 silly cache add   scope: null,
7 silly cache add   name: 'alfred-chrome',
7 silly cache add   rawSpec: '',
7 silly cache add   spec: '*',
7 silly cache add   type: 'range' }
8 verbose addNamed alfred-chrome@*
9 silly addNamed semver.valid null
10 silly addNamed semver.validRange *
11 silly addNameRange { name: 'alfred-chrome', range: '*', hasData: false }
12 verbose mapToRegistry name alfred-chrome
13 verbose mapToRegistry uri https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome
14 verbose addNameRange registry:https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome not in flight; fetching
15 verbose request on initialization, where is /alfred-chrome
16 verbose request after pass 1, where is /alfred-chrome
17 verbose request url raw /alfred-chrome
18 verbose request resolving registry [ 'https://registry.npmjs.org/', './alfred-chrome' ]
19 verbose request after pass 2, where is https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome
20 verbose request no auth needed
21 info attempt registry request try #1 at 17:25:12
22 verbose request id cc891ef7c50b14df
23 verbose etag "4MYMASXVOTUCSYMPMFUBWRIYV"
24 http request GET https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome
25 http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome
26 silly registry.get cb [ 304,
    26 silly registry.get   { date: 'Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:25:13 GMT',
26 silly registry.get     server: 'Apache',
26 silly registry.get     via: '1.1 varnish',
26 silly registry.get     'last-modified': 'Wed, 19 Nov 2014 01:25:13 GMT',
26 silly registry.get     'cache-control': 'max-age=60',
26 silly registry.get     etag: '"4MYMASXVOTUCSYMPMFUBWRIYV"',
26 silly registry.get     age: '0',
26 silly registry.get     'x-served-by': 'cache-lax1424-LAX',
26 silly registry.get     'x-cache': 'MISS',
26 silly registry.get     'x-cache-hits': '0',
26 silly registry.get     'x-timer': 'S1416360313.616665,VS0,VE172',
26 silly registry.get     vary: 'Accept',
26 silly registry.get     'content-length': '0',
26 silly registry.get     'keep-alive': 'timeout=10, max=50',
26 silly registry.get     connection: 'Keep-Alive' } ]
27 verbose etag https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome from cache
28 silly addNameRange number 2 { name: 'alfred-chrome', range: '*', hasData: true }
29 silly addNameRange versions [ 'alfred-chrome', [ '0.0.1', '0.0.2', '1.0.0' ] ]
30 verbose addNamed alfred-chrome@1.0.0
31 silly addNamed semver.valid 1.0.0
32 silly addNamed semver.validRange 1.0.0
33 silly cache afterAdd alfred-chrome@1.0.0
34 verbose afterAdd /Users/mmillis/.npm/alfred-chrome/1.0.0/package/package.json not in flight; writing
35 verbose afterAdd /Users/mmillis/.npm/alfred-chrome/1.0.0/package/package.json written
36 silly install resolved [ { name: 'alfred-chrome',
36 silly install resolved     version: '1.0.0',
36 silly install resolved     description: 'Alfred 2 Google Chrome manager',
36 silly install resolved     main: 'alfred-chrome.js',
36 silly install resolved     files:
36 silly install resolved      [ 'Alfred Chrome.alfredworkflow',
        36 silly install resolved        'README.md',
36 silly install resolved        'CHANGELOG.md',
36 silly install resolved        'installer' ],
36 silly install resolved     bin: { 'alfred-chrome': 'alfred-chrome.js' },
36 silly install resolved     repository:
36 silly install resolved      { type: 'git',
36 silly install resolved        url: 'https://github.com/ShogunPanda/alfred-chrome' },
36 silly install resolved     keywords: [ 'alfred', 'chrome', 'google chrome' ],
36 silly install resolved     author:
36 silly install resolved      { name: 'Shogun',
36 silly install resolved        email: 'shogun@cowtech.it',
36 silly install resolved        url: 'http://cowtech.it' },
36 silly install resolved     license: 'MIT',
36 silly install resolved     bugs: { url: 'https://github.com/ShogunPanda/alfred-chrome/issues' },
36 silly install resolved     homepage: 'https://github.com/ShogunPanda/alfred-chrome',
36 silly install resolved     dependencies: { 'fs-extra': '^0.12.0', plist: '^1.1.0' },
36 silly install resolved     gitHead: 'b3c403cd654c2512e5903497760d2196d4569c2e',
36 silly install resolved     _id: 'alfred-chrome@1.0.0',
36 silly install resolved     scripts: {},
36 silly install resolved     _shasum: 'a0c875427c1474ccd97c4981dc3fc486245d3bbf',
36 silly install resolved     _from: 'alfred-chrome@*',
36 silly install resolved     _npmVersion: '1.4.28',
36 silly install resolved     _npmUser: { name: 'shogun_panda', email: 'shogun@cowtech.it' },
36 silly install resolved     maintainers: [ [Object] ],
36 silly install resolved     dist:
36 silly install resolved      { shasum: 'a0c875427c1474ccd97c4981dc3fc486245d3bbf',
36 silly install resolved        tarball: 'http://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome/-/alfred-chrome-1.0.0.tgz' },
36 silly install resolved     directories: {},
36 silly install resolved     _resolved: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/alfred-chrome/-/alfred-chrome-1.0.0.tgz',
36 silly install resolved     readme: 'ERROR: No README data found!' } ]
37 info install alfred-chrome@1.0.0 into /Users/mmillis/.node/lib
38 info installOne alfred-chrome@1.0.0
39 verbose installOne of alfred-chrome to /Users/mmillis/.node/lib not in flight; installing
40 warn locking Error: EACCES, open '/Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock'
40 warn locking  /Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock failed { [Error: EACCES, open '/Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock']
40 warn locking   errno: 3,
40 warn locking   code: 'EACCES',
40 warn locking   path: '/Users/mmillis/.npm/_locks/alfred-chrome-8d437c7b68907cff.lock' }
41 verbose stack Error: Attempt to unlock /Users/mmillis/.node/lib/node_modules/alfred-chrome, which hasn't been locked
41 verbose stack     at unlock (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/locker.js:66:11)
41 verbose stack     at cb (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:929:5)
41 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/install.js:933:20
41 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/locker.js:40:9
41 verbose stack     at cb (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/lockfile/lockfile.js:149:38)
41 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/lockfile/lockfile.js:177:38
41 verbose stack     at Object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)
42 verbose cwd /Users/mmillis
43 error Darwin 14.0.0
44 error argv "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "-g" "install" "alfred-chrome"
45 error node v0.10.33
46 error npm  v2.1.6
47 error Attempt to unlock /Users/mmillis/.node/lib/node_modules/alfred-chrome, which hasn't been locked
48 error If you need help, you may report this error at:
48 error     <http://github.com/npm/npm/issues>
49 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Had anyone had this sort of issue? Is this the npm packages fault or a fault on my end? thanks!

[smikes]

There's definitely a problem with the alfred-chrome package. When I install with npm@2.1.8 I get:

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT, chmod '/Users/smikes/.nvm/v0.10.33/lib/node_modules/alfred-chrome/alfred-chrome.js'
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.

And sure enough, when I look inside the package I find:

$ npm pack alfred-chrome
$ tar tzf alfred-chrome-1.0.0.tgz  | grep js
package/package.json
$

So the module was published with no alfred-chrome.js file in it.

There may also be a problem with npm and its cache. You are running version 2.1.6, but the latest is 2.1.8. Why not try cleaning the cache and upgrading?

$ npm cache clean
$ npm install -g npm@latest

You will also probably want to contact the maintainer of alfred-chrome and ask them to add alfred-chrome.js to the files member in package.json.

[gradedcatfood]

@smikes Thank you very much for the info! I have upgraded like you said and will contact the maintainer and let him know. Thanks again!

[ShogunPanda]

I'm the maintainer of alfred-chrome. Ok, I'll take a look to the issue.