无法安装任何npm软件包

Question

I can't install any npm packages. I type in npm install lodash and I get:

npm WARN webdev@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN webdev@1.0.0 No repository field.

npm ERR! path C:\Users\Blake\Desktop\webdev\node_modules\lodash
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -4058
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename 'C:\Users\Blake\Desktop\webdev\node_modules\lodash' -> 'C:\Users\Blake\Desktop\webdev\node_modules\.lodash.DELETE'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Blake\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-03-15T21_28_45_978Z-debug.log

My package.json file looks like:

{
  "name": "webdev",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "dependencies": {},
  "devDependencies": {},
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

I'm not sure what is wrong. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling node.js. My npm version is 5.6.0. This happens with every package I've tried to install. Please help, I've been trying to fix this for hours to no avail.

EDIT: I fixed it! The absolute nightmare of a program, MalwareBytes Antimalware was blocking it. I quit out of MalwareBytes and now it is working. Not the first time that program has messed up my coding.

Answer 1

Delete package.json and package-lock.json file, use npm init and try again.

Probably directory node_modules doesnt exist in your project working directory

Answer 2

I would make sure you have npm installed locally in your working directory by running npm init. I would also try re-installing npm.

EDIT:

Remove MalwareBytes Anti-Malware.