Npm not working in proot with debian trixie

[supastishn]

Problem description

The issue is that, with most packages, attempting to install will give a cache error similar to:

│  npm WARN tarball tarball data for locate-path@https://registry.npmjs.org/locate-path/-/locate-path-6.0.0.tgz (sha512-iPZK6eYjbxRu3uB4/WZ3EsEIMJFMqAoopl3R+zuq0UjcAm/MO6KCweDgPfP3elTztoKP3KtnVHxTn2NHBSDVUw==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
│  npm WARN tarball tarball data for dequal@https://registry.npmjs.org/dequal/-/dequal-2.0.3.tgz (sha512-0je+qPKHEMohvfRTCEo3CrPG6cAzAYgmzKyxRiYSSDkS6eGJdyVJm7WaYA5ECaAD9wLB2T4EEeymA5aFVcYXCA==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.                                                                                                         │  npm WARN tarball tarball data for locate-path@https://registry.npmjs.org/locate-path/-/locate-path-6.0.0.tgz (sha512-iPZK6eYjbxRu3uB4/WZ3EsEIMJFMqAoopl3R+zuq0UjcAm/MO6KCweDgPfP3elTztoKP3KtnVHxTn2NHBSDVUw==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.                                                                                          │  npm WARN tarball tarball data for dequal@https://registry.npmjs.org/dequal/-/dequal-2.0.3.tgz (sha512-0je+qPKHEMohvfRTCEo3CrPG6cAzAYgmzKyxRiYSSDkS6eGJdyVJm7WaYA5ECaAD9wLB2T4EEeymA5aFVcYXCA==) seems to be corrupted. Trying again.
│  npm ERR! code ENOENT
│  npm ERR! syscall rename                                                                                                                                              │  npm ERR! path /home/supastishn/.npm/_cacache/tmp/0cc23c35
│  npm ERR! dest /home/supastishn/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/88/f6/4ae9e6236f146edee078fd667712c10830914ca80a28a65dd1fb3baad148dc026fcc3ba282c1e0e03df3f77a54f3b6828fdcab67547c539f63470520d553
│  npm ERR! errno -2
│  npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, rename '/home/supastishn/.npm/_cacache/tmp/0cc23c35' -> '/home/supastishn/.npm/_cacache/content-v2/sha512/88/f6/4ae9e6236f146edee078fd667712c10830914ca80a28a65dd1fb3baad148dc026fcc3ba282c1e0e03df3f77a54f3b6828fdcab67547c539f63470520d553'
│  npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
│  npm ERR! enoent
│
│  npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
│  npm ERR!     /home/supastishn/.npm/_logs/2025-09-24T18_14_25_736Z-debug-0.log
│
└  Operation failed.

Steps to reproduce

1. Login to Debian Trixie via proot distro (note: i was told to report error here instead of proot-distro repo)
2. Install NPM
3. Do something requiring installing dependencies like npx http-server, or npm create vite@latest

Expected behavior

For it to properly install dependencies.

Additional information

Termux Variables:
unsupported
Packages CPU architecture:
arm64
Subscribed repositories:
# sources.list
deb https://packages-cf.termux.dev/apt/termux-main/ stable main
Updatable packages:
base-files/stable 13.8+deb13u1 arm64 [upgradable from: 13.8]
init-system-helpers/stable 1.69~deb13u1 all [upgradable from: 1.68]
libpcre2-8-0/stable 10.46-1~deb13u1 arm64 [upgradable from: 10.45-1]
linux-libc-dev/stable-security 6.12.48-1 all [upgradable from: 6.12.43-1]
tzdata/stable 2025b-4+deb13u1 all [upgradable from: 2025b-4]
termux-tools version:
1.45.0
Android version:
14
Kernel build information:
Linux localhost 6.2.1-PRoot-Distro #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 13 13:44:36 UTC 2025 aarch64 GNU/Linux
Device manufacturer:
Xiaomi
Device model:
23043RP34G
Supported ABIs:
SUPPORTED_ABIS: arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,armeabi
SUPPORTED_32_BIT_ABIS: armeabi-v7a,armeabi
SUPPORTED_64_BIT_ABIS: arm64-v8a
LD Variables:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
LD_PRELOAD=
Installed termux plugins:
com.termux.api versionCode:1000
com.termux.x11 versionCode:15
com.termux.styling versionCode:1000

[RohitKushvaha01]

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