I am having this issue for almost a year now: https://github.com/orgs/pnpm/discussions/6989
so let's open a proper issue for it.

Verify latest release

• I verified that the issue exists in the latest pnpm release

pnpm version

v8-v9

Which area(s) of pnpm are affected? (leave empty if unsure)

CLI

Link to the code that reproduces this issue or a replay of the bug

No response

Reproduction steps

run curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -

Describe the Bug

error is thrown:

==> Downloading pnpm binaries 9.1.4
 WARN  using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing
Copying pnpm CLI from /tmp/tmp.rPcedmGtun/pnpm to /home/capaj/.local/share/pnpm/pnpm
 ETXTBSY  ETXTBSY: text file is busy, copyfile '/tmp/tmp.rPcedmGtun/pnpm' -> '/home/capaj/.local/share/pnpm/pnpm'

pnpm: ETXTBSY: text file is busy, copyfile '/tmp/tmp.rPcedmGtun/pnpm' -> '/home/capaj/.local/share/pnpm/pnpm'
    at Object.copyFileSync (node:fs:2866:3)
    at Object.copyFileSync (pkg/prelude/bootstrap.js:1166:16)
    at copyCli (/snapshot/dist/pnpm.cjs)
    at Object.handler [as setup] (/snapshot/dist/pnpm.cjs)
    at /snapshot/dist/pnpm.cjs
    at async main (/snapshot/dist/pnpm.cjs)
    at async runPnpm (/snapshot/dist/pnpm.cjs)
    at async /snapshot/dist/pnpm.cjs
Install Error!

I can get around it by restarting my computer and running the command right after login, but it's annoying to do every time I need to upgrade pnpm.

Expected Behavior

pnpm installs ok

Which Node.js version are you using?

20, 21, 22

Which operating systems have you used?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

If your OS is a Linux based, which one it is? (Include the version if relevant)

Ubuntu 22 and 24