npm init riot failed spawn npm ENOENT error

[mikeshimura]

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[mikeshimura]

create-riot

node:internal/child_process:285
const err = new ErrnoException(exitCode, syscall);
^

Error: spawn npm ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:483:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:90:21) {
errno: -4058,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn npm',
path: 'npm',
spawnargs: [ 'init' ],
cmd: 'npm',
args: [ 'init' ],
stdout: null,
stderr: null
}

Node.js v22.11.0
npm error code 1
npm error path C:\Users\mikes
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c create-riot

[mikeshimura]

I have 2 pcs, both shows same message

[mikeshimura]

C:\Users\mikes>node -v
v22.11.0

C:\Users\mikes>npm -v
10.9.0

[mikeshimura]

in directory C:\Users\Masanobu Shimura\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\91a95858ebf364cb\node_modules.bin
create-riot.cmd is exist.

[mikeshimura]

set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\Masanobu Shimura\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\91a95858ebf364cb\node_modules.bin
then create-riot shows same error message

[GianlucaGuarini]

Thank you for reporting this issue. I don't use windows and the error seems to come from node internals. Have you the same error using older node versions for example v20?

[mikeshimura]

I tried 20.18.0 but same status as below.

Error: spawn npm ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:286:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
errno: -4058,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn npm',
path: 'npm',
spawnargs: [ 'init' ],
cmd: 'npm',
args: [ 'init' ],
stdout: null,
stderr: null
}

Node.js v20.18.0
npm error code 1
npm error path C:\a\wkriot
npm error command failed
npm error command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c create-riot
npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\mikes\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2024-11-15T23_08_45_713Z-debug-0.log

[mikeshimura]

I tried with windows linux wsl2 and it work normal.

[GianlucaGuarini]

I tried with windows linux wsl2 and it work normal.

So it worked on windows via wsl2, the problem seems to exist only in windows cmd.exe.
Could you please try the powershell?
Also which windows version are you using?