Using "npm install" on ionic 4.12 project returns tons of ENOENT errors

Question

I'm using the following:

Ionic: 4.12.0
Node: 10.5.3
NPM: 6.4.1
Platform: Win10

I'm cloning a project from a repo on github. Just doing the usual npm i to fetch the node_modules package, I expect no issues coming from this. But I'm getting CRAZY quantities of ENOENT: No such file or directory warnings, resulting in 0 packages installed.

It goes something like this:

13743 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\angularfire2-f8aad165\database\package.json'
13744 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\@ionic-native\core-4d421828\decorators\instance-property.metadata.json'
13745 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\@angular\fire-594cd4d9\bundles\auth-guard.umd.js'
13746 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\angularfire2-f8aad165\firebase-node\package.json'
13747 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\@ionic-native\core-4d421828\decorators\interfaces.metadata.json'
13748 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\@ionic-native\google-maps-0866cf3a\ngx\index.d.ts'
13749 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\angularfire2-f8aad165\firestore\package.json'
13750 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\concat.js'
13751 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\angularfire2-f8aad165\functions\package.json'
13752 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\copy-within.js'
13753 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\entries.js'
13754 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\every.js'
13755 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\codelyzer-c13de8de\angular\styles\cssAst.js'
13756 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\angularfire2-f8aad165\storage\package.json'
13757 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\fill.js'
13758 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\@ionic-native\core-4d421828\decorators\common.js.map'
13759 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\filter.js'
13760 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\rxjs-compat-07e6aa41\_esm5\observable\dom\ajax.js'
13761 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\codelyzer-c13de8de\angular\styles\cssLexer.js'
13762 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\angularfire2-f8aad165\auth\index.d.ts'
13763 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\core-js-3c812954\es\array\virtual\find-index.js'
13764 warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\geron\OneDrive\Escritorio\AppElias\node_modules\.staging\@ionic-native\core-4d421828\decorators\cordova-function-override.js.map'
...

It's longer than that. I can post the complete log if needed, I've already tried:

Reinstalling npm/node/ionic
Using updated versions of npm/node/ionic
Using administrator privileges.
Turning off/uninstalling antivirus software.
Turning off firewalls.
Checking if my .json packages are wrong.
Checking if my .git is wrong.
Deleting package-lock.json and using npm i.

I must say this issue is specific to my computer and doesn't happen on coworkers computers. I can't nail the issue, and being incapable of using npm i is taxing heavily on my time constraints.

Does anyone know what it might be?

EDIT 1 package.json here: https://pastebin.com/7JpUZ4U1

EDIT 2 Apparently, it does download some npm files and stores them on node_modules/.staging, i've tried "npm audit" "npm fix" And everything here:

Why do Node modules go into .staging folder?

No solution yet.

It's a private git repo. I can't. But I can give you parts of the code, maybe the package.json? — P. Aneyba, Jan 17 '20 at 16:12
Cool, so: did you follow that repo's `README.md` instructions on how to install things? — Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, Jan 17 '20 at 17:26
Try "npm init" command and "npm install" if error still exists post package.json — Raghuram Sadineni, Jan 17 '20 at 17:40
@RaghuramSadineni I tried already, heres the package.json: https://pastebin.com/7JpUZ4U1 — P. Aneyba, Jan 17 '20 at 18:07
@Mike'Pomax'Kamermans I did. The first step is using npm i, that's the issue. — P. Aneyba, Jan 17 '20 at 18:07
I googled for `"warn tar ENOENT: no such file or directory"` (including the quotes) and found several immediately results all of which sound like they'd solve your problem. Did you search and try any of those (and if you did: [say what you already tried in your post](/help/how-to-ask) so that people won't end up asking you to do things you already tried. — Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans, Jan 17 '20 at 18:27
@Mike'Pomax'Kamermans There is a list of things I've tried at the end of my post. — P. Aneyba, Jan 17 '20 at 18:40
@Mike'Pomax'Kamermans Made a new edit. Still trying to fix it. — P. Aneyba, Jan 17 '20 at 18:43
does you github repo contain "node_modules" folder inside it? — Raghuram Sadineni, Jan 20 '20 at 06:43
A github repo must not contain node_modules as they differ from system to system,to make you code working clone your project without node_modules and then try others steps like "npm install" and all. Tell the user of git repo to add files by using proper gitignore files to avoid future conflicts — Raghuram Sadineni, Jan 23 '20 at 07:05
@RaghuramSadineni My bad, I meant it SHOULD have one after using npm i. The github repo just has the base app folders — P. Aneyba, Jan 23 '20 at 13:26
Okay now you got no option left just search for missing packages and install them manually. — Raghuram Sadineni, Jan 30 '20 at 10:06
Specify the package name while installing and dont use -g tag Ex:-`npm i @ionic-native` — Raghuram Sadineni, Jan 31 '20 at 10:57

Using "npm install" on ionic 4.12 project returns tons of ENOENT errors

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