# Help! Broke my installation

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-broke-my-installation/83403>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 December 2023 14:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-broke-my-installation/83403 "2023-12-03T14:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [3 December 2023 16:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-broke-my-installation/83403/7 "2023-12-03T16:28:22Z")

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There is a discussion [here](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/enotempty-when-installing-node-from-palette-since-nodered-3-0-directory-not-empty/65968/13) about similar problems with updating nodes.  
They seem to suggest that deleting the file / folder - in your case `/home/pi/.node-red/node_modules/detect-libc` ? will let you successfully install.  
It's not a very helpful error message though, does it mean rename it to .detect-libc-pGdKpy0q or does the -\> mean something else?

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