cypress stuck on installation about cypress HOT 2 CLOSED

@Venki4746l

Cypress 10.11.0 is an older version (the current version is 13.6.4)
Node.js 12.14.1 is no longer supported. The minimum is Node.js 18.

You can try the following, assuming you are using Windows PowerShell

npm install cypress --save-dev --ignore-scripts --verbose
$env:DEBUG = "cypress:*"
npx cypress install

This will output debug information so you can see what it is doing and the reason for any delay.

If it is not installing successfully, then the most likely reason is your environment, such as network connection, proxy, network security, etc.

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Hello, I was having a similar issue, but with a newer version of Cypress(13.6.4), Node(18.17.0), and Yarn(4.1.0) instead of npm.
I'm using Windows 10. In my case I expect it's an issue with the VPN/VDI I'm using, similar to what's mentioned above.

In case it helps, I had to do the following:

# using git-bash instead of cmd/powershell
export DEBUG=cypress:*
export HTTP_PROXY=http://YOUR_USERNAME_HERE:YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE@YOUR_PROXY_URL_HERE:YOUR_PROXY_PORT_HERE/
yarn install cypress

# < check the URL it's downloading from and click on it / paste it in your browser for a direct download that isn't latest >
# hit CTRL+C to cancel as it will remain stuck as mentioned, then:

cd ~/AppData/Local/Cypress
mkdir 13.6.4
cp ~/Downloads/cypress.zip ~/AppData/Local/Cypress/13.6.4
cd ~/AppData/Local/Cypress/13.6.4
unzip cypress.zip

# cleanup
rm cypress.zip
export DEBUG=

After this, I was able to run cypress as usual.

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