NativeScript CLI installation Error

Question

I am trying to learn NativeScript. I have done following steps to install NativeScript on my windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit machine:

1. Installed node.js (node-v8.11.2-x64) on D drive
2. Installed Visual Studio Code (VSCodeSetup-x64-1.23.1) on D drive
3. Installed Git (Git-2.17.0-64-bit) on D drive
4. Installed Android Studio (android-studio-ide-173.4720617-windows) on D drive
5. Installed NativeScript by using following command: npm install -g nativescript.

I receive following error on step 5:

C:\Users\UserName>npm install -g nativescript
[email protected] preuninstall C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript

node preuninstall.js

Failed to complete all pre-uninstall steps.

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\tns -> C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\bin\tns

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\nativescript -> C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\bin\tns

> [email protected] postinstall C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript

> node postinstall.js

RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded

at normalizeStringWin32 (path.js:33:30)

at Object.resolve (path.js:328:20)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:68:14)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:77:24)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: [email protected] (node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\fsevents):

    npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for [email protected]: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"win32","arch":"x64"})

+ [email protected]

updated 1 package in 18.244s

When I run tns doctor command I receive following information:

> C:\Users\UserName>tns doctor
> 
> RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
> 
>     at normalizeStringWin32 (path.js:33:30)
> 
>     at Object.resolve (path.js:328:20)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:68:14)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:77:24)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)
> 
>     at sync (C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\nativescript\node_modules\mkdirp\index.js:78:17)

I also tried to uninstall NativeScript but it gets stuck on still resolveWithNewModule, see below:

C:\Users\UserName>npm uninstall -g  nativescript

[  ................] / loadDep:readdirp: sill resolveWithNewModule [email protected] checking installable status

My questions are:

1. How to fix installation error for NativeScript?
2. If I need to uninstall NativeScript, how can I do that?
3. Which directory NativeScript gets installed with the installed command and can I install it on d drive?

Answer 1

@Aaron Ullal is right, the reason is mostly NodeJS heap (memory usage in V8) is running out of usable memory, is not because you have no ram left, this is a hard stop included in node exec config.

you can add a flag to increase the heap size on the go

NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096" node

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Answer 2

It looks like the installation process is running out of memory. Try running this command before running the installation:

node --max-old-space-size=8192

Set the last number according to RAM installed on your machine (2048, 4096 ecc)