# Problem with rfbrowser init **URL:** \ **Category:** Browser\ **Created:** [12 December 2022 07:10 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/problem-with-rfbrowser-init/5055 "2022-12-12T07:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RonJGold](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.robotframework.org/ronjgold/32/2154_2.png) [@RonJGold](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/RonJGold)\ **Post date:** [12 December 2022 07:10 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/problem-with-rfbrowser-init/5055/1 "2022-12-12T07:10:27Z")
I can’t install node dependencies, it keeps giving me exit status 4294963238 Here is my log of the error, (test\_automation) PS C:\Automation\test\_automation\> rfbrowser init 2022-12-12 09:06:55,390 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== 2022-12-12 09:06:55,390 [INFO] Installing node dependencies… 2022-12-12 09:06:55,390 [INFO] Installing rfbrowser node dependencies at C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper 2022-12-12 09:06:57,580 [INFO] npm WARN config production Use `--omit=dev` instead. 2022-12-12 09:07:00,050 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup Failed to remove some directories [ 2022-12-12 09:07:00,050 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup [ 2022-12-12 09:07:00,050 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup ‘C:\Users\ronjg\.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules’, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir ‘C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules\pino\test’] { 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup code: ‘EPERM’, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup syscall: ‘rmdir’, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup path: ‘C:\Users\ronjg\.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules\pino\test’ 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup } 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup ], 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup [ 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup ‘C:\Users\ronjg\.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules\@grpc’, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir ‘C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules@grpc\grpc-js\src\generated\grpc’] { 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup errno: -4048, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup code: ‘EPERM’, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup syscall: ‘rmdir’, 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup path: ‘C:\Users\ronjg\.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules\@grpc\grpc-js\src\generated\grpc’ 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup } 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup ] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm WARN cleanup ] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! code ENOENT 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! syscall spawn bash 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! path C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules\playwright 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! errno -4058 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! enoent spawn bash ENOENT 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! enoent 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: 2022-12-12 09:07:00,053 [INFO] npm ERR! C:\Users\ronjg\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2022-12-12T07\_06\_57\_557Z-debug-0.log 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] Traceback (most recent call last): File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 49, in rfbrowser\_init \_rfbrowser\_init(skip\_browser\_install) File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 159, in \_rfbrowser\_init raise RuntimeError( RuntimeError: Problem installing node dependencies.Node process returned with exit status 4294963238 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] Used Python is: C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Scripts\python.exe Version: 3.11.1 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== 2022-12-12 09:07:00,070 [INFO] pip freeze output: 2022-12-12 09:07:00,570 [INFO] backports.cached-property==1.0.2 grpcio==1.51.1 grpcio-tools==1.51.1 overrides==7.3.1 protobuf==4.21.10 robotframework==6.0.1 robotframework-assertion-engine==0.6.1 robotframework-browser==14.3.0 robotframework-pythonlibcore==4.0.0 typing\_extensions==4.4.0 wrapt==1.14.1 2022-12-12 09:07:00,570 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== 2022-12-12 09:07:01,690 [INFO] npm version is:n 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] 9.2.0 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] Installation directory `C:\Users\ronjg\.virtualenvs\test_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper` does not contain the required files Printing contents: 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] wrapper/ 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] index.js 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] package-lock.json 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] package.json 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] node\_modules/ 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] @grpc/ 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] static/ 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] selector-finder.js 2022-12-12 09:07:01,695 [INFO] ============================================================================================================== Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 198, in \_run\_module\_as\_main File “”, line 88, in _run\_code File "C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Scripts\rfbrowser.exe\_main_.py", line 7, in File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 260, in main runner(command, skip\_browsers, trace\_file) File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 205, in runner rfbrowser\_init(skip\_browsers) File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 57, in rfbrowser\_init raise error File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 49, in rfbrowser\_init \_rfbrowser\_init(skip\_browser\_install) File “C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\entry.py”, line 159, in \_rfbrowser\_init raise RuntimeError( RuntimeError: Problem installing node dependencies.Node process returned with exit status 4294963238 ---
**Author:** ![rasjani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/858c86/32.png) [@rasjani](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/rasjani)\ **Post date:** [12 December 2022 09:32 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/problem-with-rfbrowser-init/5055/2 "2022-12-12T09:32:17Z")
> [@RonJGold](#): > > [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir ‘C:\Users\ronjg.virtualenvs\test\_automation\Lib\site-packages\Browser\wrapper\node\_modules\pino\test’] Remove that directory manually and retry ? ---
**Author:** ![RonJGold](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.robotframework.org/ronjgold/32/2154_2.png) [@RonJGold](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/RonJGold)\ **Post date:** [12 December 2022 15:05 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/problem-with-rfbrowser-init/5055/3 "2022-12-12T15:05:37Z")
Hi thanks for the reply. each time i run rfbrowser it specifies a different file. afterwards the specified file vanishes and I can’t delete it manually. ---
**Author:** ![spicard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@spicard](https://forum.robotframework.org/u/spicard)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2024 21:55 UTC](https://forum.robotframework.org/t/problem-with-rfbrowser-init/5055/4 "2024-02-24T21:55:28Z")
I had the same problem on Ubuntu. Node v12 is the latest version on Ubuntu 22.04 You need Node v16+ (even v18 now with PW v1.41) Find a source using cURL (I used NodeSource and installed Node v20 Lts) And all was good