nodejswslfix

This makes npm install work on WSL, i.e. Ubuntu on Windows.

In WSL, calls to rename() on a directory fail if a submember of that directory is open. This is often due to concurrent behavior. In npm, it seems it can be from processing sub-dependencies at the same time as a dependency.

This library intercepts the rename() call, informs the user of what it thinks is going on, and tries again. It works to fix the issue for me.

Quick Installation

sudo apt-get install libcapstone3
sudo ln -s $(pwd)/*.so* /usr/lib

Usage

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/interceptrename.so npm install

Required build dependencies

https://github.com/pmem/syscall_intercept

Building

touch interceptrename.c
make