# ENOTEMPTY when installing node from palette since nodered 3.0 (directory not empty)

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [3 August 2022 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968 "2022-08-03T11:42:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![gbansen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gbansen/32/65921_2.png) [@gbansen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gbansen)\
**Post date:** [10 August 2022 17:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968/21 "2022-08-10T17:10:46Z")

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## I did rename the folder ".agent-base-MyGAUl8n" to ".agent-base-MyGAUl8n-OLD" but this didn't resolve anything. Getting multiple errors trying to update, delete or install any nodes. After restarting everything I tried to install bigtimer and got the error below.

2022-08-10T17:03:05.735Z Install : node-red-contrib-bigtimer 2.8.2

2022-08-10T17:03:04.847Z npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --production --engine-strict node-red-contrib-bigtimer@2.8.2

2022-08-10T17:03:06.763Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T17:03:06.764Z [err]

2022-08-10T17:03:06.765Z [err] WARN

2022-08-10T17:03:06.765Z [err]

2022-08-10T17:03:06.765Z [err] config

2022-08-10T17:03:06.765Z [err] production Use `--omit=dev` instead.

2022-08-10T17:03:15.824Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T17:03:15.824Z [err] ERR! code ENOTEMPTY

2022-08-10T17:03:15.824Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T17:03:15.824Z [err] ERR!

2022-08-10T17:03:15.824Z [err] syscall

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] rename

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] ERR!

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err]

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] path /config/node-red/node\_modules/are-we-there-yet

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] ERR! dest /config/node-red/node\_modules/.are-we-there-yet-RUmkGoiI

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T17:03:15.825Z [err] errno -39

2022-08-10T17:03:15.829Z [err] npm ERR! ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename '/config/node-red/node\_modules/are-we-there-yet' -\> '/config/node-red/node\_modules/.are-we-there-yet-RUmkGoiI'

2022-08-10T17:03:15.832Z [err]

2022-08-10T17:03:15.833Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T17:03:15.833Z [err] A complete log of this run can be found in:

2022-08-10T17:03:15.833Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T17:03:15.833Z [err] /root/.npm/\_logs/2022-08-10T17\_03\_06\_652Z-debug-0.log

2022-08-10T17:03:15.869Z rc=217

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [10 August 2022 18:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968/22 "2022-08-10T18:44:49Z")

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Delete any folders starting with a dot in node\_modules.

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**Author:** ![gbansen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gbansen/32/65921_2.png) [@gbansen](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gbansen)\
**Post date:** [10 August 2022 22:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968/23 "2022-08-10T22:25:40Z")

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## Deleted all node\_modules folders starting with a dot. All 323 of them. Restarted node-red and still getting errors. Now node-red seem to working correctly. Just can update or install new nodes.

2022-08-10T22:20:20.403Z Install : node-red-contrib-bigtimer 2.8.2

2022-08-10T22:20:19.317Z npm install --no-audit --no-update-notifier --no-fund --save --save-prefix=~ --production --engine-strict node-red-contrib-bigtimer@2.8.2

2022-08-10T22:20:20.975Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T22:20:20.976Z [err] WARN

2022-08-10T22:20:20.976Z [err] config production Use `--omit=dev` instead.

2022-08-10T22:20:29.346Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T22:20:29.346Z [err]

2022-08-10T22:20:29.346Z [err] ERR! code ENOTEMPTY

2022-08-10T22:20:29.347Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T22:20:29.347Z [err] ERR!

2022-08-10T22:20:29.347Z [err] syscall rename

2022-08-10T22:20:29.347Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T22:20:29.347Z [err] path

2022-08-10T22:20:29.348Z [err] /config/node-red/node\_modules/@slack/web-api

2022-08-10T22:20:29.348Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T22:20:29.348Z [err] dest /config/node-red/node\_modules/@slack/.web-api-iCPUJBmG

2022-08-10T22:20:29.348Z [err] npm

2022-08-10T22:20:29.348Z [err] ERR! errno -39

2022-08-10T22:20:29.352Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T22:20:29.353Z [err] ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename '/config/node-red/node\_modules/@slack/web-api' -\> '/config/node-red/node\_modules/@slack/.web-api-iCPUJBmG'

2022-08-10T22:20:29.355Z [err]

2022-08-10T22:20:29.355Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T22:20:29.355Z [err] A complete log of this run can be found in:

2022-08-10T22:20:29.355Z [err] npm ERR!

2022-08-10T22:20:29.355Z [err] /root/.npm/\_logs/2022-08-10T22\_20\_20\_873Z-debug-0.log

2022-08-10T22:20:29.380Z rc=217

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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:** [9 October 2022 22:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968/24 "2022-10-09T22:26:13Z")

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