Bower - error when installing package "Arguments to path.join must be strings"
bower, node.js, npm
Solution
Fix: Clear cache and update to Bower 1.3.8.
This is what's going on:
The tmp package updated it's API to return a cleanup callback in addition to just the directory name. Q then squashes the two arguments to the callback into an array, while bower expected just a string for the directory name.
This causes "TypeError: Arguments to path.join must be strings" errors to appear, seemingly non-deterministic, because various spots attempt to use the _tempDir value (now an array) to join into a path.
semver ftw!
Problem
I just created a node project and am trying to install jquery using bower. ``` bower install jquery ``` I get the following error: ``` bower jquery#* not-cached git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#* bower jquery#* resolve git://github.com/jquery/jquery.git#* bower jquery#* error Arguments to path.join must be strings Stack trace: TypeError: Arguments to path.join must be strings at f (path.js:204:15) at Object.filter (native) at Object.exports.join (path.js:209:40) at GitHubResolver._checkout (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\lib\core\resolvers\GitHubResolver.js:54:21) at C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\lib\core\resolvers\GitResolver.js:69:21 at _fulfilled (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\p-throttler\node_modules\q\q.js:798:54) at self.promiseDispatch.done (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\p-throttler\node_modules\q\q.js:827:30) at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\p-throttler\node_modules\q\q.js:760:13) at C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\p-throttler\node_modules\q\q.js:574:44 at flush (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\p-throttler\node_modules\q\q.js:108:17) Console trace: Trace at StandardRenderer.error (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\lib\renderers\StandardRenderer.js:72:17) at Logger.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\bin\bower:111:22) at Logger.emit (events.js:95:17) at Logger.emit (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\bower-logger\lib\Logger.js:29:39) at C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\lib\commands\index.js:40:20 at _rejected (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\q\q.js:797:24) at C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\q\q.js:823:30 at Promise.when (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\q\q.js:1035:31) at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\q\q.js:741:41) at C:\Users\Adam\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\bower\node_modules\q\q.js:557:44 System info: Bower version: 1.3.7 Node version: 0.10.29 OS: Windows_NT 6.2.9200 x64 ``` I've tried installing other packages and they fail with the same error. I've got a pretty vanilla setup as far as I know. Running Windows 8.1 x64. Can't seem to find relevant info about why I'm getting this error.