Problem Installing Sharp for Next.js Project

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I am having a problem downloading the Sharp dependency for my Next.js project v15.5.6. I've tried reinstalling Node.js, but it still fails.

Below is the failure message after running npm install sharp --verbose

npm info run [email protected] install node_modules/sharp node install/check.js
npm info run [email protected] install { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', signal: undefined }
npm verbose stack TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "file" argument must be of type string. Received undefined
npm verbose stack     at normalizeSpawnArguments (node:child_process:567:3)
npm verbose stack     at spawn (node:child_process:780:13)

I've also downloaded libvips and added the bin to my PATH, however, it still fails to download.

How to I fix this?

Clarifying Notes:

I am using Node.js 22.21.0
I am using Windows 11

What OS are you using? It looks like the installation script tried to build the native sources and failed somewhere there — Mureinik
– Mureinik, Commented Oct 25 at 20:46

repent · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-27 01:13:34Z

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Try downgrading to Node v.18 or 20 and run

npm install sharp --unsafe-perm

answered Oct 27 at 1:13

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Jannette Rose Oct 28 at 1:46

I recieved this message: npm info run [email protected] install { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', signal: undefined } npm warn cleanup [Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\----\node_modules\next\dist\esm\build\webpack\config\blocks\images'] { npm warn cleanup errno: -4048, npm warn cleanup code: 'EPERM', npm warn cleanup syscall: 'rmdir', npm warn cleanup path: 'C:\\------\\node_modules\\next\\dist\\esm\\build\\webpack\\config\\blocks\\images'

Jannette Rose Oct 28 at 1:47

I used nvm for windows to use node 18 and it did switch the node version too.

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