Cannot use NPM to install Jest

[shaunstone0]

🐛 Bug Report

When I am attempting to run npm install -D jest it shows this text in console:

npm WARN deprecated request@2.88.2: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN portfolio@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN portfolio@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! Maximum call stack size exceeded

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!    view logs

To Reproduce

Attempt to install Jest as a dependency inside the Nodejs Environment.

Expected behavior

Should Install Dependency for me to use!

envinfo

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.18363
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 7.70 GB / 15.82 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.18.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 6.14.4 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Utilities:
    Git: 2.27.0. - C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git.EXE
  IDEs:
    VSCode: 1.45.1 - C:\Users\shaun\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code.CMD
  Languages:
    Bash: 4.4.23 - C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\bash.EXE
    Perl: 5.30.2 - C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\perl.EXE
  Browsers:
    Edge: 44.18362.449.0
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.18362.1
(I use Chrome)

I am also storing my files on an External Hard Drive

[ghostd]

Seems to be more an issue with your npm installation than jest. Did you try to remove your node_modules directory?

[shaunstone0]

Yes, I deleted the Cache also for NPM. Restarted my computer. It installs all of the dependencies but Jest. I updated NodeJs and NPM also.

EDIT: interestingly enough, it installs if I do the installation on my computer hard drive and not my external hard drive.
I wonder why that is...

[ghostd]

Different filesystem? Some symbolic links are missing?

[sauravhiremath]

Could you attach the logs npm is generating? Might aid in understanding the issue

[edilson]

I'm having the same issue but mine is hanging on installation.

[pouyajabbarisani]

Same problem

[MrrrLuiigii]

Same problem here. My project is also on an external SSD. These are the erros I'm getting:

npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN tar EINVAL: invalid argument, futime
npm WARN vue-jest@3.0.5 requires a peer of babel-core@^6.25.0 || ^7.0.0-0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN jsdom@16.2.2 requires a peer of canvas@^2.5.0 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN ws@7.3.0 requires a peer of bufferutil@^4.0.1 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.
npm WARN ws@7.3.0 requires a peer of utf-8-validate@^5.0.2 but none is installed. You must install peer dependencies yourself.

npm ERR! Maximum call stack size exceeded

[shaunstone0]

Different filesystem? Some symbolic links are missing?

Nope, formatted on windows. Using a windows machine. It's seriously just this packet. I will post logs when I get home from work.

[ngocvantran]

I also have this problem, npm v6.14.7, Windows.

[shaunstone0]

What fixed it for me was to move the entire project from my External Hard Drive to my SSD.

I do not have enough knowledge of the package to even guess why an External hard drive would cause this problem.

[SimenB]

This is a bug in npm, not with Jest's codebase. You should open up an issue with them