Node-sass: Error during npm install, cannot find module 'safe-buffer'

Created on 8 Jun 2017 · 10Comments · Source: sass/node-sass

When i try to install this plugin i get the following error. How can i resolve this?
`> [email protected] install /Users/robert/code/bitscanapp/node_modules/node-sass

node scripts/install.js

module.js:487
throw err;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'safe-buffer'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:485:15)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:437:25)
at Module.require (module.js:513:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object. (/Users/robert/code/bitscanapp/node_modules/request/lib/helpers.js:5:14)
at Module._compile (module.js:569:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node scripts/install.js
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] install script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/robert/.npm/_logs/2017-06-08T12_26_29_533Z-debug.log`

NPM version (npm -v): 5.0.3
Node version (node -v): v8.0.0
Node Process (node -p process.versions):
{ http_parser: '2.7.0',
node: '8.0.0',
v8: '5.8.283.41',
uv: '1.11.0',
zlib: '1.2.11',
ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
modules: '57',
openssl: '1.0.2k',
icu: '59.1',
unicode: '9.0',
cldr: '31.0.1',
tz: '2017b' }
Node Platform (node -p process.platform): darwin
Node architecture (node -p process.arch): x64
node-sass version (node -p "require('node-sass').info"):
npm node-sass versions (npm ls node-sass):

Source

Robertbaelde

Most helpful comment

Actually in my machine even delete global npm or uninstall node.js and install it agian but still not work.

so my solution is uninstall npm and go to delete folder npm and npm-cache in C:Users\pc-nameAppData\Roaming then install it again

yimseknyCorarl on 22 Aug 2017

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All 10 comments

You need run npm install in the directory with your package.json.

npm install node-sass@^4

xzyfer on 8 Jun 2017

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Of course, i allready did that. with the following result:

npm install node-sass@^4
npm WARN prefer global [email protected] should be installed with -g

[email protected] install /Users/robert/code/bitscanapp/node_modules/node-sass
node scripts/install.js

module.js:487
throw err;
^

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/robert/.npm/_logs/2017-06-08T12_40_53_674Z-debug.log

Robertbaelde on 8 Jun 2017

If was not clear because you ignored the issue template.

This is not a node-sass issue. It may be an issue with request or safe-buffer itself, but there is nothing we can do.

xzyfer on 8 Jun 2017

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You can try running

npm ls safe-buffer

to confirm it was installed. This error could be result of file permissions or low disk space preventing npm doing the right thing.

xzyfer on 8 Jun 2017

Actually in my machine even delete global npm or uninstall node.js and install it agian but still not work.

so my solution is uninstall npm and go to delete folder npm and npm-cache in C:Users\pc-nameAppData\Roaming then install it again

yimseknyCorarl on 22 Aug 2017

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I had this happen to me also. I deleted my package-lock and my node-module folder. Then npm install and it resolved itself. Just a thought since I didn't see any resolution for people who come across this and have a similar issue.

TLukeMcDonald on 21 Jun 2018

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Same thing worked for me as well, Thanks @TLukeMcDonald, deleted the package-lock file,
but anyone knows the reason for that?

eroshanj on 28 Aug 2018

I had this happen to me also. I deleted my package-lock and my node-module folder. Then npm install and it resolved itself. Just a thought since I didn't see any resolution for people who come across this and have a similar issue.

This answer helped me install node-sass after permission errors. Would definitely recommend anybody viewing this thread to follow TLukeMcDonald's advise of deleting package-lock.json and node-modules folder before following Stack Overflow guides to edit permissions with chmod and chown

barclayd on 2 Feb 2019

Is there a sane explanation for why this occurs with this dependency only? Is there a viable way to fix this for once and for all instead of upvoting workarounds (which seems to be very popular these days)? This error appears for me when installing on Heroku. It will be interesting to know as for WHY the module is not found.

kimgysen on 6 Dec 2019

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Actually in my machine even delete global npm or uninstall node.js and install it agian but still not work.

so my solution is uninstall npm and go to delete folder npm and npm-cache in C:Users\pc-nameAppData\Roaming then install it again

Doest work for me. I was not able to uninstall it I just deleted the folder.
It still show
Done with error:
$ ./iobroker add ble --host DESKTOP-JOBC9U4(SmartHomeWiedemannAbello)
ERROR: C:\Program Files\iobroker\SmartHomeW
ERROR: iedemannAbellonode_modules\standard-as-callbackbuilt\index.js:6
throw e;
^

Error: Cannot find module 'safe-buffer'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:562:25)
at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:692:17)
at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18)
at Object. (C:\Program Files\iobroker\SmartHomeWiedemannAbellonode_modulesrequest\lib\helpers.js:5:14)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:778:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:789:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.
ERROR: js:653:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3)
ERROR: process exited with code 1