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Installation error on Windows

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
node.js, typescript

Research direction

Start by reproducing npm install --global code-server on Windows 10 LTSC with version 4.95.1, then read postinstall.sh and docs/npm.md as referenced by the error. Compare the failing release with a version below 4.95.1 and determine whether installation completes without the reported EBUSY rename failure.

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Description

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OS/Web Information

Windows version: Windows 10 LTSC 2021
Code-server error version: 4.95.1+,Below this version, installation is correct

npm warn deprecated npmlog@5.0.1: This package is no longer supported.
npm warn deprecated rimraf@3.0.2: Rimraf versions prior to v4 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated glob@7.2.3: Glob versions prior to v9 are no longer supported
npm warn deprecated are-we-there-yet@2.0.0: This package is no longer supported.
npm warn deprecated gauge@3.0.2: This package is no longer supported.
npm error code 1
npm error path C:\Users\vc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\code-server
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c sh ./postinstall.sh
npm error Installing Code dependencies...
npm error User agent: npm/10.8.2 node/v20.18.1 win32 x64 workspaces/false
npm error You may not have the required dependencies to build the native modules.
npm error Please see https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/docs/npm.md
npm error npm error code EBUSY
npm error npm error syscall rename
npm error npm error path C:\Users\vc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\code-server
npm error npm error dest C:\Users\vc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\.code-server-bnqWeVmV
npm error npm error errno -4082
npm error npm error EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rename 'C:\Users\vc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\code-server' -> 'C:\Users\vc\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\.code-server-bnqWeVmV'
npm error npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\vc\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-11-26T09_30_44_696Z-debug-0.log
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\vc\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2024-11-26T09_30_31_046Z-debug-0.log```

### Steps to Reproduce

1.npm install --global code-server


### Expected

1

### Actual

1

### Logs

```shell

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Does this bug reproduce in native VS Code?

Yes, this is also broken in native VS Code

Does this bug reproduce in GitHub Codespaces?

Yes, this is also broken in GitHub Codespaces

Are you accessing code-server over a secure context?
  • I am using a secure context.
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