premium_app[main] $ npm install --save multer
npm ERR! code ENOTEMPTY
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! path /home/nyambura/premium/premium_app/node_modules/ansi-regex
npm ERR! dest /home/nyambura/premium/premium_app/node_modules/.ansi-regex-N772AMTl
npm ERR! errno -39
npm ERR! ENOTEMPTY: directory not empty, rename '/home/nyambura/premium/premium_app/node_modules/ansi-regex' -> '/home/nyambura/premium/premium_app/node_modules/.ansi-regex-N772AMTl'
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /home/nyambura/.npm/_logs/2021-06-25T19_25_58_561Z-debug.log
I'm getting an instance of such an error when I try downloading any npm dependency. I tried updating node and npm in my Ubuntu and refreshing my terminals, but still. I wholly evaded this by switching to yarn for installing the relative dependencies. What could be the problem with my npm?