Installing the latest 1.54.0 package on Windows fails

[georgiosd]

From admin powershell prompt:

C:\Windows\system32> npm install -g @sentry/cli
C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm\sentry-cli -> C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@sentry\cli\bin\sentry-cli

> @sentry/cli@1.54.0 install C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@sentry\cli
> node scripts/install.js

Error: Command failed: C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@sentry\cli\sentry-cli.exe --version

npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! @sentry/cli@1.54.0 install: `node scripts/install.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the @sentry/cli@1.54.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-06-28T18_38_17_562Z-debug.log

[alex-adestech]

@georgiosd this solved the issue for me. #744 (comment)

[georgiosd]

@alex-adestech thanks, but I am already working with 12.x

[kamilogorek]

Can you provide a log mentioned in the original post? Or is it the same thing you already pasted?

[georgiosd]

@kamilogorek log above is with node 12.x, yes. Is that what you meant?

[kamilogorek]

I was wondering if C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-06-28T18_38_17_562Z-debug.log contains anything more than what you already provided.

[kamilogorek]

It's hard to tell what went wrong, as node doesn't give enough context for the failure.
I'd start with the lowest hanging fruits first:

npm cache clean --force, delete C:\Users\georgiosd\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules (or more specific @sentry directory) and then try to create the directory yourself and give it executable permissions. Sometimes doing just that fixes npm issues.

Also, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42308879/npm-err-code-elifecycle for some more ideas

[georgiosd]

Not sure but it's not happening any more. Thanks.