npm: “Cannot find module internal/errors”

Question

On a MacBook with the latest version of NodeJS, I am trying to update npm:

npm install npm@latest

The error message is:

npm ERR         


        

Answer 1

Try to reinstall npm from the package in node v6.11.3LTS, and then

try to update to the latest npm v5.4.2

npm install npm@latest -g

and then update to the latest node v8.3.0

npm install node@latest -g

Answer 2

I had the same problem, and I solve it:

1. uninstall node and npm, do as this answer.

2. then install node

   brew install node
   

   and npm will also be installed.

Answer 3

I had the same issue, the above answer did not work.

I had old versions in node_modules.

I simply deleted everything in node_modules and then ran:

npm install npm@latest -g