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OpenClaude Engine install is incomplete. #40

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@antaljani

When I try to run 'bash start.sh' on MacOS, it is suddenly stops with this error message:

$ bash start.sh
[~] Installing OpenClaude Engine...
    This can take several minutes on slower USB drives or networks.
    Log: /Volumes/Relic/OpenClaude-Portable-main/engine/openclaude-engine-install.log
    Tip: USB 2.0 drives can look idle while npm writes many small files.
    Still installing OpenClaude Engine... 10s elapsed (log updated). Log: /Volumes/Relic/OpenClaude-Portable-main/engine/openclaude-engine-install.log
[ERROR] OpenClaude Engine install is incomplete.
        Missing expected files under /Volumes/Relic/OpenClaude-Portable-main/engine/node_modules/@gitlawb/openclaude

Log file content:

$ cat /Volumes/Relic/OpenClaude-Portable-main/engine/openclaude-engine-install.log
[Sun Jul 19 15:30:00 CEST 2026] Starting npm install @gitlawb/openclaude@latest

changed 1 package in 603ms
[Sun Jul 19 15:30:10 CEST 2026] npm exited with code 0

I'm using MacOS Tahoe 26.5.2, on a MacMini M4 Pro (24GB RAM, 24 core)
Pendrive is an 512GB USB3.1 Gen2 Kingston DataTraveler Max Media, named Relic.
In this pendrive OpenClaude portable is unzepped into OpenClode-Portable-main folder.

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