Error trying to install Axios with npm in a Node.js project - npm

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I'm trying to install axios in a personal project for learning Node.js, mongoDB and express and I got stucked at an error when installing it with npm. The problem i get when executing npm i --save axios is this one:
npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.
npm ERR! code EPERM
npm ERR! syscall lstat
npm ERR! path F:\Laboral\Elonial\Curso Node.js\4-natours\node_modules\simple-swizzle
npm ERR! errno -4048
npm ERR! Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'F:\Laboral\Elonial\Curso Node.js\4-natours\node_modules\simple-swizzle'
npm ERR! [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, lstat 'F:\Laboral\Elonial\Curso Node.js\4-natours\node_modules\simple-swizzle'] {
npm ERR! errno: -4048,
npm ERR! code: 'EPERM',
npm ERR! syscall: 'lstat',
npm ERR! path: 'F:\\Laboral\\Elonial\\Curso Node.js\\4-natours\\node_modules\\simple-swizzle'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It's possible that the file was already in use (by a text editor or antivirus),
npm ERR! or that you lack permissions to access it.
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\djime\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-02-03T12_21_26_556Z-debug-0.log
I already tried installing it into the project with administrator permissions through cmd, but got same error. My package.json follows this right now:
{
"name": "natours",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Project created by NukeSkull in order to learn node.js, express and mongoDB",
"main": "app.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "nodemon server.js",
"start:prod": "SET NODE_ENV=production&&nodemon server.js",
"debug": "ndb server.js",
"watch:js": "parcel watch ./public/js/index.js --out-dir ./public/js --out-file bundle.js",
"build:js": "parcel watch ./public/js/index.js --out-dir ./public/js --out-file bundle.js"
},
"author": "NukeSkull",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
"cookie-parser": "^1.4.6",
"dotenv": "^16.0.1",
"express": "^4.18.1",
"express-mongo-sanitize": "^2.2.0",
"express-rate-limit": "^6.6.0",
"helmet": "^3.23.3",
"hpp": "^0.2.3",
"jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
"mapbox-gl": "^2.12.0",
"mongoose": "^5.13.15",
"morgan": "^1.10.0",
"nodemailer": "^6.7.8",
"nodemon": "^2.0.19",
"pug": "^3.0.2",
"slugify": "^1.6.5",
"validator": "^13.7.0",
"xss-clean": "^0.1.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"eslint": "^8.22.0",
"eslint-config-airbnb": "^19.0.4",
"eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.6.1",
"eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.2.1",
"eslint-plugin-react": "^7.30.1",
"parcel-bundler": "^1.12.5",
"prettier": "^2.7.1"
},
"engines": {
"node": ">=10.0.0"
}
}
How can I solve this error so I can install axios?

Answer 1

Found my error, somehow windows antivirus was blocking me from installing it, disabling it allowed me to install axios. Thanks to #Samball for the answer