If npm install (Grunt) fails on Vagrant / Windows

Update: just use nodejs for Windows instead.

If your npm install fails on Vagrant / Windows, you should check:

  1. Can you create symlinks in the shared folder;
  2. Does the huge node_modules nested folder tree exceed the 260 character limit on Windows.

In our case, we ran into both issues at once. What finally solved the problem was:

  1. Moving the vagrant shared folder from something like C:/Users/username/projects/shared/[etc] simply to C:/shared
  2. Running sudo npm install –no-bin-links which tells npm not to create symlinks.
Indrek Kõnnussaar

I'm a veteran Wordpress developer, context-driven tester, security enthusiast and the mastermind behind Codelight. I love building stuff that works and fixing stuff that doesn't.

Write me directly indrek@codelight.eu
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