I've been trying to remove some packages that I installed with npm but it doesn't remove them. After running npm uninstall -g package the package is still executable in my terminal and it is still in the path where npm binaries are being installed.
Also, why is npm installing packages in ~/.local/share/npm/bin/ ? It's the first time that I've seem npm installing packages there. I had a problem a few weeks ago when installing some language servers but they weren't executable, turns out I had to add ~/.local/share/npm/bin to my $PATH because that's where npm was installing everything. And now npm doesn't remove any package installed there. I've already look into the npm config (npmrc) but I don't see any option changing the install path. The only environment variable related to npm that I have is to set the user config in ~/.config/npm instead of ~/.npmrc.
I have others machines with the exact same settings and npm it's not installing packages in ~/.local/share/npm/bin/ and I'm able to uninstall packages normally.
Does anyone knows whats wrong with npm ?
npm --version 7.8.0
my config:
cache=/home/user/.cache/npm
init-module=/home/user/.config/npm/config/npm-init.js
package-lock=false
tmp=/run/user/1000/npm
Okay I noticed that if I reinstalled the packages that I couldn't remove they went into a different folder /user/bin/ with the node_modules being in /user/lib/node_modules. Before it was in ~/.local/share/npm/lib. Now with the packages were they belong I can't remove them without issues. No idea why those packages were originally installed in a different path.
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I have a project that I'm working on for a client where I have two private packages (which I can't get access to npm install) are inside the package.json.
I do however have access to clone the repos for those said packages. If I simply run an npm install I'll get a permission denied error. Same if I run npm link to the packages.
I've been working around this by removing the packages from the package.json then running npm install ../some-package. This works but isn't a great solution because if I wanted to add a new package I'd have to deal with a bit of a mess with the package.json.
Is there a better way than this?
I have tried running npm link ../some-package but I still get access denied. The only way I've managed to complete an install is by removing the packages then installing them from a local dir.
I don't know the details of your situation, but I see at least two potential solutions to explore.
Option 1: Install the package from the repo
I do however have access to clone the repos for those said packages.
You can install from a git repo and package.json will record that git repo as the source of the package rather than the npm registry.
From the docs at https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-install:
npm install :
Installs the package from the hosted git provider, cloning it with git. For a full git remote url, only that URL will be attempted.
Option 2: Install from the local file system with --no-save
If that approach doesn't work for you, you can try npm install --no-save ../some-package as a build step. The --no-save makes it so it doesn't modify package.json.
I'm using nvm on my Terminal and successfully installed node 10.2.1, which also installed npm 6.1.0. However, when I go to my VS Code editor, it gives me warnings in the integrated terminal for:
npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v10.2.1
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 4,6, 7, 8, 9.
Turns out, it is actually using npm 5.5.1 (npm -v).
I check to see what's up with that and tried to dig further and eventually used: which npm on both integrated terminal and Mac's CLI.
Mac's Terminal shows:
/Users/Aiz/.nvm/versions/node/v10.2.1/bin/npm
VS Code's Terminal shows:
/usr/local/bin/npm. Which is interesting, because if you do which node in this terminal, it results in the appropriate /Users/Aiz/.nvm/versions/node/v10.2.1/bin/node.
I'm not sure how to get my VS Code terminal to point to the appropriate npm install through nvm. Not sure if it helps, but I checked npm get prefix and npm -g bin to find /Users/Aiz/.nvm/versions/node/v10.2.1. The only difference I'm finding is where each terminal is using npm from.
I ended up looking through VS Code issues on GitHub and came across something relevant to NVM and node issues. It fixed my issue since the underlying cause was the same.
Essentially what happened is that I had a global install of node before that I removed prior to using NVM but hadn't removed my global install of npm. This was causing conflicts in VS Code's terminal (not Mac's terminal). In order to fix this, you essentially have to find the symlink for which npm and remove the node_modules and npm associated recursively.
Here's the link you'll need: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/master/docs/editor/integrated-terminal.md#why-is-nvm-complaining-about-a-prefix-option-when-the-integrated-terminal-is-launched.
Don't forget to restart your editor after.
Another solution is to implement this. https://medium.com/#kinduff/automatic-version-switch-for-nvm-ff9e00ae67f3
Basically, nvm will check for a .nvmrc and switch or default each time you go to a new directory in shell.
It does have a dependency on zsh.
The fix for me on Ubuntu:
A.) sudo apt-get remove nodejs npm
B.) Removed lines in my .bashrc that added the npm package directory to the path.
C.) Restart VS Code.
I doubt step A is necessary. But B and C certainly are.
After updated Node (upto v8.6.0) and npm (upto v5.5.1) I cannot execute command npm install.
After npm install I've error message:
npm ERR! Cannot read property '0' of undefined
What's trouble or I need downgrade node/npm ?
I had the same problem.
I removed both node_modules and package-lock.json and then did:
npm install
And it worked.
Edit by #OwlyMoly
Due to new updates and the restriction to old dependencies in package-lock.json is causing this conflicts. By doing npm install won't fix this issue. Instead by ditching npm_modules and package-lock.json and doing npm install will load a new node_modules and that supposed to be required by package.json. You have to commit the new package-lock.json along with your latest changes of the project.
Do 2 steps bellow (Window):
rm -rf ./node_modules to remove node folder
rm package-lock.json to remove package-lock.json file
then npm install to re-install the node modules
Just download and install latest Yarn which is also a node package manager, developed by facebook, but has a much better dependency management. Also update your node cli (optional).
And then, install your dependencies using yarn:
yarn install
or
yarn // short version of yarn install
No errors!
You can continue to use npm after you have installed all dependencies with yarn or continue with yarn....it's your choice.
I've made some tests:
nodejs#8.6.0 npm#5.5.1 - I have trouble and the test fails
nvm use 8.5.0
nodejs#8.5.0 npm#5.5.1 - I have trouble and the test fails
nvm use 8.4.0
nodejs#8.4.0 npm#5.5.1 - I have trouble and the test fails
npm install npm#^5 -g
nodejs#8.4.0 npm#5.4.2 - I have trouble and the test fails
nvm use 8.6.0
npm install npm#^4 -g
nodejs#8.6.0 npm#4.6.1 - no trouble, this fixes it.
Seems to be an issue with a combination of factors.
Some workarounds here:
https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/18238
npm 5.3.0 is broken for windows 10 after upgrading the nodeJS.
You should downgrade the npm, it is a temporary solution but works fine.
npm install -g npm#5.2.0
For me (npm#6.9.0) solved the issue by deleting node_modules and performing npm install, but without removing package.json.lock file.
Just remove both node_modules and package-lock.json and run: npm install
or
Just run: npm install -g npm#latest to upgrade it to the latest version
Try with nvm(Node Version Manager).it help you to install any node version for any project without any Error.
I found same problem when using npm version 5.5.1 to install babel-preset-stage-0
Solution:
I downgraded npm to version 5.2.0 and try to install again then it can solve the issue.
npm i -g npm#5.2.0
npm i -D babel-preset-stage-0
I bumped into this issue using nvs (Node Version Switcher - https://github.com/jasongin/nvs) node#10.15.3 and npm#6.9.0. The reason was a local package I had linked with npm link. The solution was to remove that folder.
In my case reinstalling node_modules have not fixed this issue.
Problem was with one *.ts file which was missing in source codes.
Do not know why It was not displaying compilation error, but adding this missing file to repository solved this issue.
Upgrading npm to version 7.5.4 did the job for me.
npm install -g npm#latest
What worked for me:
npm ci
Install a project with a clean slate
docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci
Deletes node_modules and installs everything based on package-lock.json, so no need to regenerate that
In my Node.js project, I have a dependency on another local project. Oftentimes, I need to make a small change to the dependency and see how it affects my main project. In order to do this, I have to reinstall my dependency using npm.
I can use npm update to try to update my dependency, but this seems like it will only work if the version number has changed on the dependency. I don't want to have to change the version number on my dependency every time I change a line of code or two to make an experimental change in development.
I can rm -rf node_modules/; npm install to ensure that I get the latest versions of all of my dependencies. Downloading all of my non-local dependencies takes several minutes, breaking up my train of thought.
Is there a way to force npm to reinstall a single dependency, even if that dependency's version number hasn't changed?
When you run npm install, it will install any missing dependencies, so you can combine it with an uninstall like this:
npm uninstall some_module; npm install
With npm 5, uninstalled modules are removed from the package.json, so you should use:
npm uninstall some_module; npm install some_module
On npm v 6.14:
npm install module_name --force --no-save
You get a message stating:
npm WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing.
And then it proceeds to uninstall and reinstall the package.
Note: if you don't specify the --no-save option, npm updates the package version on package.json to the highest version that is compatible with the existing SemVer rule.
If you do not want npm to update the package's version on package.json, keep the --no-save option.
Not the best answer, but just for information, you can run
npm ci
It is the same as npm install, but it will remove the existing node_modules folder, if any, and do a fresh install for all packages. This is useful if the files in node_modules have been changed for some reason and you want to revert them to their original state.
When I run npm install . it takes a while to build packages that contain c code like expresso (which depends on node-jscoverage). I realized that I can copy expresso from my global package directory (~/Developer/lib/node_modules/expresso) to ./node_modules/expresso in my current directory before running npm install . and it won't bother compiling it. Is there a way to tell npm to try to install packages from my global npm directory before fetching and building them?
I guess this command might help: npm link
Check out this: npm to install packages from local position rather than from web?