`phoenix` + `phoenix_html` NPM error for umbrella project

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I have an umbrella project. But, having converted it to this, npm i commands no longer are working. I get the error:

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to
 /Users/amarkskatz/Desktop/Projects/Elixir/functional_design/islands/apps/islands_interface/assets
/node_modules/phoenix
npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to
 /Users/amarkskatz/Desktop/Projects/Elixir/functional_design/islands/apps/islands_interface/assets
/node_modules/phoenix_html
npm WARN assets No description

npm ERR! path /Users/amarkskatz/Desktop/Projects/
Elixir/functional_design/islands/apps/islands_interface/assets/node_modules/phoenix
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall access
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, 
access '/Users/amarkskatz/Desktop/Projects/Elixir/functional_design/islands/apps/islands_interface/assets/node_modules/phoenix'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being
able to find a file.

Snippet from my package.json:

"phoenix": "file:../../../deps/phoenix",
"phoenix_html": "file:../../../deps/phoenix_html",

Strangely, deleting my node_modules folder then running npm i fixes my issue.

I’m guessing the phoenix and phoenix_html files linked to my pre-umbrella deps folder (only one ../ away).

So I’m guessing by running mix deps.get at the root level, then npm i in the child project’s assets folder (with updated file: paths in package.json), the new links generated point to the proper (new) directory location.

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It couldn’t write to that directory, that’s not so much an npm error as it is that your OS is disallowing access to that location.

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I had the same issue just now. And while it was indeed a filesystem issue, the issue was not created by me.

What I did to solve it was, from the root of your umbrella:

cd apps/myapp_web/assets/
npm install 
cd assets
rm -f phoenix phoenix_html
ln -s ../../../../deps/phoenix_html . 
ln -s ../../../../deps/phoenix . 
npm install

That did the trick for me.

I.e., recreate the symlinks myself.

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