ENOTDIR: not a directory, open package.json Solution

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When I install elasticdump, the following error appears:

$ npm install elasticdump
...
npm WARN @1.0.0 No description
npm WARN @1.0.0 No repository field.
npm ERR! Linux 5.4.0-1091-azure
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "elasticdump"
npm ERR! node v8.10.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.2
npm ERR! path /home/finisky/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-1f2b596d/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOTDIR
npm ERR! errno -20
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! ENOTDIR: not a directory, open '/home/finisky/node_modules/.staging/@types/node-1f2b596d/package.json'

I spent hours to figure out the root cause: npm is deprecated (v3.5.2).

Solve the issue is easy, just upgrade npm:

$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
$ sudo apt install nodejs

Then:

$ npm --version
8.19.2

Reinstall elasticdump and you are done!

$ npm install elasticdump