Question: Hi i unable to install the firebase tools via commandline in the windows

im using this below command

```
npm install -g firebase-tools

```

after entering this command i m getting this below error

> 
> npm ERR! path C:\Users\data\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\firebase-tools\node\_modules
> 
> 
> npm ERR! code ELOOP
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> npm ERR! errno -4067
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> 
> npm ERR! syscall mkdir
> 
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> npm ERR! ELOOP: too many symbolic links encountered, mkdir 'C:\Users\data\AppData\Roaming\npm\node\_modules\firebase-tools\node\_modules'
> 
> 
> npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
> 
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> npm ERR! C:\Users\data\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-01-20T13\_22\_41\_404Z-debug.log
> 
> 
>

Answer: 
Actually you can try installing the 
**`npm i -g firebase-tools@v3.16.0`** version and try to install the 
 **`npm install windows-build-tools`\*\*in your local folder and after that install
\*\*`npm install node-gyp`** in your local folder and before doing all these try to disable your antivirus
npm ERR! code E404 npm ERR! 404 Not Found - GET <https://registry.npmjs.org/@google-cloud%2fpubsub/firebase-tools/firebase-tools> npm ERR! 404 npm ERR! 404 'firebase-tools@latest' is not in the npm registry. npm ERR! 404 You should bug the author to publish it (or use the name yourself!) npm ERR! 404 npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, http url, or git url. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! C:\Users\jsmma\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-05-02T14\_58\_23\_615Z-debug.log