# A module installation error -117?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-module-installation-error-117/35417>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 November 2020 00:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-module-installation-error-117/35417 "2020-11-06T00:47:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2020 00:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-module-installation-error-117/35417/1 "2020-11-06T00:47:35Z")

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Anyone see this one before? New to me!

```auto
pi@pi4modelb2:~/.node-red $ npm install node-red-contrib-loop-processing
npm ERR! code Unknown system error -117
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! path /home/pi/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/ca/89
npm ERR! errno -117
npm ERR! Unknown system error -117: Unknown system error -117, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/ca/89'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-11-06T00_45_39_052Z-debug.log
pi@pi4modelb2:~/.node-red $ cat /home/pi/.npm/_logs/2020-11-06T00_45_39_052Z-debug.log
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [
1 verbose cli '/usr/bin/node',
1 verbose cli '/usr/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli 'install',
1 verbose cli 'node-red-contrib-loop-processing'
1 verbose cli ]
2 info using npm@6.14.8
3 info using node@v12.19.0
4 verbose npm-session d823d5c6e386ff0d
5 silly install loadCurrentTree
6 silly install readLocalPackageData
7 http fetch GET 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/node-red-contrib-loop-processing 41ms (from cache)
8 verbose stack Error: Unknown system error -117: Unknown system error -117, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/ca/89'
9 verbose cwd /home/pi/.node-red
10 verbose Linux 5.4.69-v7l+
11 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "node-red-contrib-loop-processing"
12 verbose node v12.19.0
13 verbose npm v6.14.8
14 error code Unknown system error -117
15 error syscall mkdir
16 error path /home/pi/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/ca/89
17 error errno -117
18 error Unknown system error -117: Unknown system error -117, mkdir '/home/pi/.npm/_cacache/index-v5/ca/89'
19 verbose exit [-117, true]
pi@pi4modelb2:~/.node-red $

```

Even a Google search did not seem to illuminate this one much?

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**Author:** ![Nodi.Rubrum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/nodi.rubrum/32/107482_2.png) [@Nodi.Rubrum](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Nodi.Rubrum)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2020 00:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-module-installation-error-117/35417/2 "2020-11-06T00:59:19Z")

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Under npm file system corruption, structure needs cleaning warning once I tried to create the directory that failed to be created as a test. Might just be file system issue or maybe a bad SD card.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 November 2020 00:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/a-module-installation-error-117/35417/3 "2020-11-20T00:59:26Z")

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Closed on 20 November 2020 00:59 UTC

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