npm install on Windows: Error: end of central directory record signature not found

[jwefers]

Hi, this happens during npm install -g for 0.35.0 on Win10:

[JudyHsiao]

rm -rf ~/.electron/
rm -rf ~/.atom/
npm cache clear
npm install

=> this work for me

[vickism]

Still an issue, but the workaround by Judy worked.

[jwefers]

yep, works, thanks

[ovidiubuligan]

I was trying this to build https://github.com/electron/electron-api-demos on windows 7.
Also tried the workaround mentioned by @JudyHsiao and I get:

77987 verbose stack Error: electron-prebuilt@1.0.1 postinstall: `node install.js`
77987 verbose stack Exit status 1
77987 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\lifecycle.js:239:16)
77987 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
77987 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7)
77987 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\utils\spawn.js:24:14)
77987 verbose stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
77987 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7)
77987 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:850:16)
77987 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:5)
77988 verbose pkgid electron-prebuilt@1.0.1
77989 verbose cwd c:\PRJ\Temp\Electron_Api_Explorer\electron-api-demos
77990 error Windows_NT 6.1.7601
77991 error argv "c:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "c:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
77992 error node v6.1.0
77993 error npm  v3.8.6
77994 error code ELIFECYCLE
77995 error electron-prebuilt@1.0.1 postinstall: `node install.js`
77995 error Exit status 1
77996 error Failed at the electron-prebuilt@1.0.1 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
77996 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
77996 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron-prebuilt package,
77996 error not with npm itself.
77996 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
77996 error     node install.js
77996 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
77996 error     npm bugs electron-prebuilt
77996 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
77996 error     npm owner ls electron-prebuilt
77996 error There is likely additional logging output above.
77997 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Do you have any clues?

[ovidiubuligan]

Ignore my previews post . It works now
The problem with that error log was that I was using proxies and I had different values for proxy and http-proxy.
I was using a proxy with username and password
http://myuser:mypas$@proxy.company.com:3128 (proxy setting) and for the https-proxy setting I was escaping the dollar sign http://myuser:mypas\\$@proxy.company.com:3128 .
Still from the error It was pretty hard to direct the search.

[brianmaher84]

It works for me but this is still happening on OSX.
Maybe the work around can be included in script error output as I only got here via a duplicate bug that links to here from another users post.

[LimaniBhavik]

not resolved help me step by step
install node, install electron, and run hello desktop app... thanks

[LimaniBhavik]

package.json
{
  "name":    "demo",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "main":    "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "electron main.js"
  }
}

main.js
const app = require('app');
const BrowserWindow = require('browser-window');

app.on('window-all-closed', function() {
  if (process.platform != 'darwin') {
    app.quit();
  }
});

let mainWindow = null;
app.on('ready', function() {
  mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({width: 800, height: 600});
  mainWindow.loadUrl('http://www.google.com');
  mainWindow.on('closed', function() {
    mainWindow = null;
  });
});

Run just > electron

Run >npm start

[sencis82]

There is allways a chance to pick up installation from the point it was interrupted. Just Ctrl+C when it hangs on "node install.js" so that /node_modules/electron/ was not deleted by script; Then navigate to /node_modules/electron/ and "npm install" to continue from "node install.js" point.

[apokaliptis]

Even after following @JudyHsiao and @sencis82's suggestions, the install process still hangs on install.js to then fail. I'm on Windows 10.

PS C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\electron> npm install
npm WARN deprecated standard-format@1.6.10: standard-format is deprecated in favor of a built-in autofixer in 'standard'
. Usage: standard --fix
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@2.0.10: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.3.0: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue

> spawn-sync@1.0.15 postinstall C:\Program > Files\nodejs\node_modules\electron\node_modules\spawn-sync
> node postinstall

> electron@1.4.15 postinstall C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\electron
> node install.js

C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\electron\install.js:46
throw err
^

Error: read ECONNRESET
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1023:11)
at TLSWrap.onread (net.js:572:26)

npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.14393
npm ERR! argv "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "ins
tall"
npm ERR! node v7.5.0
npm ERR! npm v4.3.0
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! electron@1.4.15 postinstall: node install.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the electron@1.4.15 postinstall script 'node install.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the electron package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! node install.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs electron
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls electron
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! C:\Users\CK\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache_logs\2017-02-13T01_40_23_562Z-debug.log
PS C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\electron>`