i'm getting an error when trying to install dependecies in package.json with npm install

Question

npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path C:\Users\HP\Desktop\workings\alx-files_manager\node_modules\sharp npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node install/can-compile && node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy) npm ERR! sharp: Downloading https://github.com/lovell/sharp-libvips/releases/download/v8.12.2/libvips-8.12.2-win32-x64.tar.br npm ERR! sharp: Please see https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install for required dependencies npm ERR! sharp: Installation error: Request timed out

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\HP\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2024-03-12T17_05_23_036Z-debug-0.log

I expected the package to install successfully

Answer 1

As the error itself says : Installation error: Request timed out

This indicates that the download process to fetch the package dependencies from GitHub took too long and exceeded a set timeout limit.

This could be caused by various factors, that you can check for :

1. Try checking your internet connection
2. Try switching to a different network (you can also try using mobile data if that helps)
3. Delete node_modules folder and the package-lock.json file. Then, run the following command:

npm install