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Quality Assurance Introduction to Selenium Test Drive Selenium Installation

Posted by Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
9,652 Points

Cannot find module 'Cannot find module 'selenium-webdriver'

I'm getting the following error, when I type '> const selenium = require("selenium-webdriver");' -

Error: Cannot find module 'selenium-webdriver' at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15) at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25) at Module.require (module.js:596:17) at require (internal/module.js:11:18)

HELP

4 Answers

Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
9,652 Points
Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
9,652 Points

Thanks for your reply Brendan Whiting . Yep that was the previous command and I get a whole bunch errors -

npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /Users/festusifiti/node_modules/selenium-webdriver npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/package.json' npm WARN festusifiti No description npm WARN festusifiti No repository field. npm WARN festusifiti No README data npm WARN festusifiti No license field.

npm ERR! path /Users/festusifiti/node_modules/selenium-webdriver npm ERR! code ELOOP npm ERR! errno -62 npm ERR! syscall access npm ERR! ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, access '/Users/festusifiti/node_modules/selenium-webdriver'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /Users/festusifiti/.npm/_logs/2019-02-12T15_31_04_959Z-debug.log

Brendan Whiting
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Are you trying to install globally or locally? If global, try with sudo. If local, check that it's in your package.json. You can also try deleting and reinstalling your node_modules.

Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
9,652 Points
Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
9,652 Points

Hey Brendan so I uninstalled everything and tried to install selenium webdriver and I received a lot of errors -

npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/immediate-d40a5f7b/dist'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/lie-27335f6a/dist'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/sax-16e84e27/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/es6-promise-812d6b92/dist'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/concat-map-03ec3fc3/example'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/pako-3c5a531b/dist'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/xml2js-c2ce3b2d/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-util-is-f15f1320/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/immediate-d40a5f7b/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/xmlbuilder-d0546d54/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/tmp-66693a22/coverage'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/concat-map-03ec3fc3/test'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/readable-stream-080cd331/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/es6-promise-812d6b92/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/tmp-66693a22/coverage/lcov-report'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/lie-27335f6a/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/es6-promise-812d6b92/lib/es6-promise'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/dist'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/es5'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/tmp-66693a22/coverage/lcov-report/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/build'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/es6-promise-812d6b92/lib/es6-promise/promise'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/client'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/readable-stream-080cd331/doc'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/firefox'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/tmp-66693a22/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/readable-stream-080cd331/doc/wg-meetings'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/tmp-66693a22/test'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/lib/generate'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/io'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/pako-3c5a531b/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/lib/nodejs'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/net'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/pako-3c5a531b/lib/utils'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/lib/reader'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/tmp-66693a22/test/symlinkme'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/http'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/pako-3c5a531b/lib/zlib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/lib/stream'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/jszip-472d8ca1/vendor'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/core'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/es6'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/child'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/es7'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/child/grandchild'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/click_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/error'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/object'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/coordinates_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/css/ui-lightness/images'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/math'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/reflect'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/firefox'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/regexp'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/frame_switching_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/json'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/function'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/html5'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/function/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/array'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/js'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/array/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/dom-collections'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/js/skins/lightgray'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/string'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/js/skins/lightgray/fonts'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/string/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/js/skins/lightgray/img'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/js/themes/modern'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/key_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/locators_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/symbol'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/system'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/typed'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/modal_dialogs'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/overflow'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/date'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/number'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/proxy'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/fn/number/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/safari'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/screen'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/core'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/scrolling_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/es5'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/es6'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/es7'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/test/data/window_switching_tests'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/lib/atoms'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/example'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/error'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/object'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/remote'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/math'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/phantomjs'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/chrome'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/net'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/lib'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/reflect'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/regexp'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/io'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/json'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/http'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/function'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/testing'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/test/firefox'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/function/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/selenium-webdriver-808d9d19/testing'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/array'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/array/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/dom-collections'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/string'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/string/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/symbol'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/system'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/typed'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/date'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/number'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/fn/number/virtual'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/modules'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/stage'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/library/web'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/modules'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/modules/library'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/stage'
npm WARN tar EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/node_modules/.staging/core-js-bda4e87a/web'
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/festusifiti/Documents/Projects/selenium-basics/package.json'
npm WARN selenium-basics No description
npm WARN selenium-basics No repository field.
npm WARN selenium-basics No README data
npm WARN selenium-basics No license field.

+ selenium-webdriver@3.6.0
added 30 packages from 69 contributors and audited 34 packages in 2.075s
found 0 vulnerabilities

Then I tried to install the chrome driver globally and again errors -

npm ERR! code E404
npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET https://registry.npmjs.org/chrome-driver - Not found
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404  'chrome-driver@latest' is not in the npm registry.
npm ERR! 404 Your package name is not valid, because
npm ERR! 404  1. name can only contain URL-friendly characters
npm ERR! 404
npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /Users/festusifiti/.npm/_logs/2019-02-13T13_57_02_355Z-debug.log

I'm just getting errors willy nilly :(

Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
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Festus Ifiti jr
Festus Ifiti jr
9,652 Points

I managed to resolve the issue by not sudo-ing npm, i didn't know that it was bad - https://medium.com/@ExplosionPills/dont-use-sudo-with-npm-still-66e609f5f92

Many thanks for your help Brendan Whiting .