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Bower - EPERM, unlink error


Cleaning the cache resolved the error for me: npm cache clean


I got the same error "EPERM, unlink" but with a different archive.

Running these commands resolved the issue for me:

  • npm uninstall -g bower
  • npm update decompress-zip
  • npm install -g bower

This link is where I saw to use those commands: https://github.com/bower/bower/issues/798It is the updating of the decompress-zip that has resolved the issue for others as well.


I got this error and ran the bower in verbose mode. And found the error as below:

bower error         SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN

To resolve this, add below line into .bowerrc created in your default home directory.

"strict-ssl": false

Try bower install again, it should work.