Unable to npm install project dependencies on nx error about nx

[simmy-reach88]

@vpernjek - Did you check in the /var folder?
I was facing the same issue and I removed the nx-native-file-cache files from the /var folder in macOs (This is linked to /private/var) (also remove if any package-lock, node_modules, .nx folder if exists) :

so in your case, the path should be

cd /var/folders/4t/pyry0n8510n6prglnzqb9knr0000gn/T/
rm -r nx-native-file-cache-79bc8ab
npm i

This hopefully should work.

[mhoffman-bain]

I have found a solution to this issue, at least for myself on windows.

I tried a bunch of things, including restarting my computer, deleting the node_modules folder, deleting the .nx folder, downgrading back to node 18, but none of that worked.

What did work was to go into the AppData\Local\Temp\ folder and delete the nx-native-file-cache-79bc8ab folder. I initially was not able to delete this folder due to it being in use, despite vs code and all command prompts being closed. In task manager, it looks like there was a node process left running from a previous install that was sitting in the background despite the command prompt having been closed. After terminating this node process, I was able to delete the nx file cache folder. After deleting this folder, I was able to successfully run npm install nx 19.3.2 and node 20.15.0.

[MaxKless]

Thanks everyone for the input :) If anything happens in the future, you can also try redefining the NX_NATIVE_FILE_CACHE_DIRECTORY env variable to point to a different location without permission problems.

[mhoffman-bain]

I am seeing a similar error on windows.

npm error path C:\<PROJECT-NAME>\node_modules\nx
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node ./bin/post-install
npm error C:\<PROJECT-NAME>\node_modules\nx\src\native\native-bindings.js:244
npm error     throw loadError
npm error     ^
npm error
npm error Error: \\?\C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\nx-native-file-cache-79bc8ab\19.3.2-nx.win32-x64-msvc.node is not a valid Win32 application.
npm error \\?\C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\nx-native-file-cache-79bc8ab\19.3.2-nx.win32-x64-msvc.node
npm error     at Module._extensions..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1465:18)
npm error     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1206:32)
npm error     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1022:12)
npm error     at Module._load (C:\<PROJECT-NAME>\node_modules\nx\src\native\index.js:60:27)
npm error     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:19)
npm error     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:179:18)
npm error     at Object.<anonymous> (C:\<PROJECT-NAME>\node_modules\nx\src\native\native-bindings.js:66:29)
npm error     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1369:14)
npm error     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1427:10)
npm error     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1206:32) {
npm error   code: 'ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED'
npm error }
npm error
npm error Node.js v20.12.2
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-07-01T15_05_49_081Z-debug-0.log

I recently updated nx from 17 to 19, and updated node from 18 to 20.

[vpernjek]

I am not seeing nx-native-file-cache-36db5b1 folder anywhere on macOS unfortunately..